Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.44/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −103.88 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$308.44

6 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$54.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.85

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	330.00	1,733	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	320.00	1,712	2thin
Medium and Large 2	573	275.31	1,578	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.69/cwt here — about $155 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 sale6 hd

308.44

—

MS average13 barns · 161 hd

323.29

−14.85

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−103.88

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	—	High	2,400	215.00	5,160	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	159.91	2,116	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,323	159.91/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,116	2
Bulls	—	—	2,400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	5,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	359.34/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	328.00/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	235.11/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	340.11/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	342.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	275.31/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	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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