Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand good. Quality average to attractive. Several Fleshy calves today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $405.06/cwt on 24 head, down $35.75 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −7.26 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$405.06

▼ 35.75 vs prior sale

24 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$30.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

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	543	408.93	2,222	12thin
Medium and Large 1	534	405.80	2,165	10thin
Medium and Large 2	518	378.16	1,959	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.77/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale24 hd

405.06

—

MS average14 barns · 204 hd

403.13

+1.93

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−7.26

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	1,575	225.00	3,544	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,470	172.00	2,528	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	938	128.14	1,202	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,454	$4,142	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$4,000	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,435	$3,600	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$1,700	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,683	6

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1	350–400	367	483.16/cwt	445.00–505.00	1,773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	467.39/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	464.54/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	503.33/cwt	470.00–540.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	389.74/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	403.06/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,297	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	463	437.43/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	449.81/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,528	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,544	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	149.23/cwt	140.00–162.00	1,604	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	429.95/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	422.45/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	443.33/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	352.95/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	570	376.78/cwt	350.00–405.00	2,148	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	345.16/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,123	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	397.50/cwt	360.00–435.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,454	4,142.01/head	4,000.00–4,200.00	4,142	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	378.16/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,959	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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