Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality mostly average. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −82.32 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$330.00

4 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$96

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.95

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	500	335.00	1,675	2thin
Medium and Large 1	545	325.00	1,771	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale4 hd

330.00

—

MS average7 barns · 95 hd

315.05

+14.95

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−82.32

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	1,753	199.77	3,503	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	157.51	1,931	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	128.43	1,284	3thin

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)	1,083	$2,388	6

Every lot, as filed

25 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	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	2,388.46/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,388	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	362.62/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	312.43/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,368	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	194.65/cwt	180.00–206.00	3,367	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	157.51/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,931	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	128.43/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	350.09/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	320.57/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	2

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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