Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand good for all classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.59/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −90.73 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$321.59

6 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.96

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	321.59	1,755	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale6 hd

321.59

—

MS average13 barns · 133 hd

337.56

−15.96

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−90.73

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	1,500	178.00	2,670	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	143.50	1,611	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	104.38	1,123	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,670	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,654	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,550	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	103.96/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,016	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	186.58/cwt	158.00–215.00	1,750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	362.56/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	406.59/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	317.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	369.62/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	205	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	140	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	254.80/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,562	2

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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