Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality mostly average. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $314.21/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −98.11 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$314.21

9 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$423

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

$94.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.16

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	339.42	1,758	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	505	329.90	1,666	4thin
Medium and Large 2	545	245.00	1,335	2thin

One grade step is worth $94.42/cwt here — about $423 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd

314.21

—

MS average12 barns · 174 hd

350.36

−36.16

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−98.11

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	1,792	185.21	3,318	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	150.00	1,838	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,225	142.50	1,746	2thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,325	$170	2thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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%	—	1,225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,838	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	142.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,746	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,677	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	182.32/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	205	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	374.72/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	325.82/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	446.29/cwt	415.00–505.00	1,442	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,325	170.00/head	170.00–170.00	170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	329.90/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	307.10/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	950–1000	990	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,130	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	339.42/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	359.97/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,325	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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