Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality and supply were average to excellent. Demand was high.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.03/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −67.29 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$345.03

10 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$8.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.25

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	348.39	1,860	6thin
Medium and Large 2	532	340.00	1,807	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.39/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

345.03

—

MS average11 barns · 144 hd

349.28

−4.25

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−67.29

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,230	175.00	2,153	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	155.00	1,457	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,078	131.13	1,414	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,153	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	131.13/cwt	120.00–150.00	1,414	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	412.32/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	351.67/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	339.08/cwt	310.00–395.00	2,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	371.51/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	338.26/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	324.86/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	347.24/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	420.05/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	502.82/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,408	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	466.29/cwt	405.00–510.00	1,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	208	514.28/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	485.64/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	360.04/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	414.30/cwt	405.00–425.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	345.11/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	358.87/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	338.96/cwt	320.00–395.00	1,139	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	330.74/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,554	4

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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