Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand good on light run. Quality average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.52/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −71.80 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$340.52

7 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$485

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

$100.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.02

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	510	355.00	1,811	4thin
Medium and Large 1	523	354.33	1,853	2thin
Medium and Large 2	520	255.00	1,326	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.00/cwt here — about $485 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 sale7 hd

340.52

—

MS average12 barns · 180 hd

362.54

−22.02

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−71.80

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	163.00	2,209	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,200	149.00	1,788	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)	1,300	$2,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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%	—	1,355	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,209	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	426.72/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	354.33/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	522.77/cwt	515.00–535.00	1,615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	339.96/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	419.60/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,704	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	328.00/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	273.00/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	479.46/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	447.96/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	442.40/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	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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