Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.55/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −90.77 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$321.55

9 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$6.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

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	528	325.00	1,714	4thin
Medium and Large 1	557	318.79	1,776	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.21/cwt here — about −$61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd

321.55

—

MS average14 barns · 161 hd

319.85

+1.70

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−90.77

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,935	200.00	3,870	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	156.13	1,961	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	147.63	1,433	9thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	292.41/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,778	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	156.13/cwt	149.00–165.00	1,961	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	147.63/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,433	9
Bulls	—	—	1,935	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.65/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	352.19/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	312.44/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,812	2

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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