Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light receipts overall so no market trend. Quality average. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −38.25 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$355.00

4 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$89

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

$0.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.49

vs MS average

−14.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	355.00	1,793	2thin
Medium and Large 1	530	355.00	1,882	2thin

One grade step is worth $0.00/cwt here — about −$89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $382.09, median $393.25 across 3 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

355.00

—

MS average13 barns · 391 hd

345.51

+9.49

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−14.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−38.25

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	1,800	189.00	3,402	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,900	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,015	$2,400	3thin

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 1	400–450	430	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,054	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	362.50/cwt	320.00–405.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	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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