Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $375.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −37.32 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$375.00

2 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.75

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	500	375.00	1,875	2thin

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 sale2 hd

375.00

—

MS average14 barns · 202 hd

360.25

+14.75

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−37.32

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	1,565	210.00	3,287	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,026	165.00	1,693	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	126.50	1,264	4thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1-2	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	390.00/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	402.93/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,287	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,629	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,026	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,693	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	378.33/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	435.10/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	440.28/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,189	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	448.11/cwt	415.00–495.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,540	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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