Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers and steers traded mixed. 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 $342.20/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −70.12 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$342.20

9 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$39.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.24

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	372.50	1,984	2thin
Medium and Large 2	565	335.00	1,893	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	534	333.31	1,779	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.19/cwt here — about $205 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 sale9 hd

342.20

—

MS average13 barns · 154 hd

355.45

−13.24

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−70.12

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	1,780	180.00	3,204	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	141.28	1,685	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	910	107.67	980	3thin

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	700	$925	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	755	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,204	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	135.97/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,619	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	675	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,950	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	377.48/cwt	335.00–435.00	1,612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	357.58/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,352	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	420.20/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	306.59/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	332.51/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,022	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	350.95/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	386.40/cwt	355.00–415.00	1,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	302.53/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	820	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	347.46/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	342.67/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	400–450	425	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,672	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	700	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	755	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	339.00/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,831	5

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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