Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $405.78/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −6.54 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$405.78

12 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$34.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.20

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	417.40	2,191	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	505	405.00	2,045	3thin
Medium and Large 2	519	383.31	1,988	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.09/cwt here — about $203 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 sale12 hd

405.78

—

MS average11 barns · 101 hd

394.57

+11.20

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−6.54

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	1,230	144.00	1,771	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,225	120.00	1,470	1thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,400	$2,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	250–300	260	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	413.88/cwt	395.00–450.00	2,177	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	482.46/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	552.17/cwt	495.00–605.00	1,756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	467.84/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	482.22/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,257	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	387.46/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	414.84/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	452.90/cwt	425.00–480.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	499.57/cwt	465.00–535.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	402.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,615	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	820	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,837	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,771	1

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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