Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 10.00-20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand strong. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $352.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −59.82 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$352.50

4 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.80

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	545	352.50	1,921	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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

352.50

—

MS average13 barns · 149 hd

339.70

+12.80

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−59.82

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	1,442	173.29	2,499	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
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	785	$1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1Fleshy	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	444.54/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,214	2
Bulls	—	—	1,442	173.29/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	227	515.85/cwt	455.00–560.00	1,171	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	785	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	450.71/cwt	425.00–480.00	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,204	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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