Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality average to attractive. Demand good. Higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $341.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −70.65 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$341.67

3 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−44.21

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	341.67	1,862	3thin

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 sale3 hd

341.67

—

MS average6 barns · 77 hd

385.88

−44.21

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−70.65

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	1,532	154.79	2,372	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	922	101.32	934	9thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,100	$3,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$3,063	2thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1Fleshy	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	438.62/cwt	405.00–475.00	2,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	469.68/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	396.15/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,040	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	412.53/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	407.43/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,119	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	355.00–435.00	1,758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	428.13/cwt	375.00–465.00	1,588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,121	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	455.26/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,293	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	362.62/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	492.51/cwt	465.00–525.00	1,803	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	355	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,793	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,000	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,645	150.71/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,479	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	110.85/cwt	102.00–121.00	1,063	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	89.40/cwt	75.00–100.00	782	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	160.90/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,193	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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