Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a true trend. Quality average. Demand strong.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $406.15/cwt on 9 head, down $12.71 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits −6.17 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$406.15

▼ 12.71 vs prior sale

9 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$42.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.35

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	417.59	2,181	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	402.50	2,194	4thin
Medium and Large 2	525	375.00	1,969	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.59/cwt here — about $212 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 sale9 hd

406.15

—

MS average13 barns · 97 hd

413.50

−7.35

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−6.17

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	—	High	1,488	185.00	2,752	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,050	125.24	1,315	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1Full	800–850	815	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	547.58/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	423.46/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,151	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	270	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	404.64/cwt	375.00–435.00	1,679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,195	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,815	1
Bulls	—	—	1,225	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,862	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	125.24/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1050–1100	1,065	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,142	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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