Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.49/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −71.83 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$340.49

17 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$42.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	357.17	1,878	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	333.03	1,765	10thin
Medium and Large 2	555	315.00	1,748	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.17/cwt here — about $130 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 sale17 hd

340.49

—

MS average13 barns · 181 hd

341.03

−0.55

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−71.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1Fleshy	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	401.54/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	388.03/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	380.04/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	344.96/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,797	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	354.76/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	359.60/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,863	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	361.43/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	387.02/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	333.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,765	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	414.76/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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