Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $405.00/cwt on 2 head, down $13.86 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −7.32 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$405.00

▼ 13.86 vs prior sale

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−0.59

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	405.00	2,238	2thin

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 sale2 hd

405.00

—

MS average13 barns · 85 hd

405.59

−0.59

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−7.32

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

11 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	550–600	565	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	448.27/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	553.94/cwt	500.00–605.00	2,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,130	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,381	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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