Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $440.81/cwt on 13 head, up $3.89 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +28.49 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$440.81

▲ 3.89 vs prior sale

13 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$46.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.88

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	446.56	2,332	7thin
Medium and Large 1	536	440.93	2,364	5thin
Medium and Large 2	585	400.00	2,340	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.56/cwt here — about −$8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

440.81

—

MS average11 barns · 95 hd

418.94

+21.88

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

+28.49

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	—	Average	1,690	237.88	4,020	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	159.00	1,829	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	825	120.52	994	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	397.46/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	360.16/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	262	429.49/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	459.19/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,346	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	458.21/cwt	435.00–480.00	2,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	493.28/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,829	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,680	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	120.52/cwt	120.00–121.00	994	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	241.82/cwt	233.00–250.00	4,196	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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