Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Demand good. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.04/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −79.28 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$333.04

13 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	337.00	1,894	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	335.00	1,832	5thin
Medium and Large 2	520	323.19	1,681	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $213 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 sale13 hd

333.04

—

MS average13 barns · 138 hd

331.17

+1.87

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−79.28

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%	High	1,248	156.85	1,958	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	110.00	1,295	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
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$1,150	2thin

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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	864	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,100	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,991	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	154.53/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	300–350	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	359.31/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	354.44/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	347.80/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	317.66/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	900	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	323.19/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,681	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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