Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand good. Quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.02/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −80.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$332.02

13 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$46

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

$6.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.07

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	520	335.29	1,744	4thin
Medium and Large 1	546	331.67	1,810	6thin
Medium and Large 2	545	328.37	1,790	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.92/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale13 hd

332.02

—

MS average14 barns · 195 hd

350.09

−18.07

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−80.30

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	1,600	185.00	2,960	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	149.81	1,784	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	113.62	1,133	10

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$2,014	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,600	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,960	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	905	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	96.74/cwt	88.00–105.00	846	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	149.81/cwt	135.00–167.00	1,784	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	119.81/cwt	100.00–135.00	1,258	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	510.31/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	342.46/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	374.44/cwt	355.00–405.00	1,565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	333.36/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	301.02/cwt	270.00–325.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	385.94/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	400.34/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,453	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	335.29/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	317.57/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	363.18/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	373.23/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,560	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	2,014.29/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,014	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,042	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	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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