Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.02/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −79.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$333.02

5 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$22.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	337.53	1,823	4thin
Medium and Large 2	575	315.00	1,811	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale5 hd

333.02

—

MS average13 barns · 144 hd

331.11

+1.91

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−79.30

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	144.61	1,958	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	117.78	1,196	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	144.61/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,958	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	110.74/cwt	70.00–140.00	1,117	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	317.55/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	407.50/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,284	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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