Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality Average. Demand Good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $331.43/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −80.89 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$331.43

7 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	340.00	1,751	1thin
Medium and Large 1	512	330.00	1,690	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	330.00	1,793	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale7 hd

331.43

—

MS average13 barns · 126 hd

338.40

−6.97

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−80.89

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	1,545	161.00	2,487	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	158.25	1,958	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	131.38	1,249	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,160	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	950	$2,100	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,950	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	800	$1,900	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	945	$1,850	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	957	$3,017	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,075	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	933	$2,217	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	918	$1,800	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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%	—	1,275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,168	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	131.38/cwt	111.00–143.00	1,249	4
Bulls	—	—	1,545	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,487	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	154.33/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,104	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	750	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,171	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	3,058.54/head	2,850.00–3,300.00	3,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	394.84/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	302.67/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	282.05/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	330.00/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	356.59/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	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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