Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded from 10.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Quality average to attractive. Demand good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.53/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −76.79 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$335.53

21 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

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

$58.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.58

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	370.00	1,961	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	335.70	1,779	16thin
Medium and Large 2	532	311.63	1,657	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.37/cwt here — about $304 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 sale21 hd

335.53

—

MS average13 barns · 170 hd

341.10

−5.58

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−76.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	875	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	345.00–405.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	307.41/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	319.98/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	379.85/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,272	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	427.50/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	340.11/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,752	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	309.95/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	358.36/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	329.58/cwt	295.00–365.00	1,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	322.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	382.31/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	349.85/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	2

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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