Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded $20.00-$30.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady. Demand strong. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $313.51/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −98.81 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$313.51

7 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$36.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	323.92	1,759	5thin
Medium and Large 2	543	287.50	1,560	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.42/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $383.65, median $412.32 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

313.51

—

MS average11 barns · 132 hd

316.15

−2.63

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−98.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,000	150.00	1,500	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,225	131.00	1,605	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	275	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	378	392.35/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	306.26/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	322.43/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	419.70/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	401.30/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	352.23/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	900–950	925	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	312.37/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	327.70/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	858	172.52/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	389.71/cwt	340.00–415.00	1,239	3

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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