Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $297.01/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −115.31 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$297.01

5 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$528

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.00

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	325.00	1,820	2thin
Medium and Large 2	518	300.02	1,554	2thin
Medium and Large 3	550	235.00	1,293	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $528 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale5 hd

297.01

—

MS average10 barns · 120 hd

312.01

−15.00

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−115.31

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	1,343	157.52	2,115	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	868	133.50	1,158	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	985	$1,450	3thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	300.02/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	157.52/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,115	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	1

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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