Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

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 $363.75/cwt on 4 head, down $18.34 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −29.50 against this barn's trailing median of $393.25.

Average price

$363.75

▼ 18.34 vs prior sale

4 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.54

vs MS average

−65.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	370.00	2,054	3thin
Medium and Large 1	545	345.00	1,880	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $173 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

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 sale4 hd

363.75

—

MS average14 barns · 333 hd

393.29

−29.54

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−65.42

This barn, trailing median3 sales

393.25

−29.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2	400–450	410	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	486.83/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,250	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	345	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

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