Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb bulls averaged $535.00/cwt on 1 head, up $34.45 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +52.23 against this barn's trailing median of $482.77.

Average price

$535.00

▲ 34.45 vs prior sale

1 head · 345 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.69

vs MS average

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	345	535.00	1,846	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

4 sales

Bulls 300–400 lb: high $571.92, low $450.82, median $482.77 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

535.00

—

MS average9 barns · 97 hd

516.31

+18.69

This barn, trailing median4 sales

482.77

+52.23

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	1,900	217.00	4,123	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,278	185.50	2,370	2thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

6 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,673	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,083	1
Bulls	—	—	2,100	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	4,725	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,553	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	800	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,846	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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