Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand good. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.16/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −60.10 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$333.16

5 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.97

vs MS average

−56.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	333.16	1,819	5thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $382.09, median $393.25 across 3 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

333.16

—

MS average14 barns · 244 hd

353.13

−19.97

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−56.75

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−60.10

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	1,165	139.50	1,625	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	112.50	1,042	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	900	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,660	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,126	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	980	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	900	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	430.34/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	361.59/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	377.43/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	326.93/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,463	2
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	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1

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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