Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Supply was average and demand was high.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.69/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −79.63 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$332.69

18 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$29.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	340.98	1,845	13thin
Medium and Large 2	511	311.13	1,590	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.85/cwt here — about $256 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 sale18 hd

332.69

—

MS average14 barns · 163 hd

331.02

+1.67

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−79.63

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	1,410	174.00	2,453	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	143.65	1,790	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	882	125.57	1,108	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	935	$2,050	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,775	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	895	$1,325	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1	350–400	378	497.38/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	378.92/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	256.73/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	143.65/cwt	126.00–157.00	1,790	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,453	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	125.57/cwt	115.00–132.00	1,108	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	356.23/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	349.79/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,847	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	364.63/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	402.30/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	338.36/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,703	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	895	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	321.15/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	311.13/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	356.65/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,516	3

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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