Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle to call a trend. Demand strong on all classes of cattle. Quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.87/cwt on 4 head, down $71.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −78.45 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$333.87

▼ 71.19 vs prior sale

4 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$28.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.51

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	355.00	1,899	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	326.83	1,716	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.17/cwt here — about $183 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 sale4 hd

333.87

—

MS average13 barns · 139 hd

383.38

−49.51

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−78.45

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	1,610	202.00	3,252	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	178.09	2,273	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,052	135.11	1,421	6thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	900	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	750	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,066	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	167.71/cwt	151.00–180.00	2,118	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	198.84/cwt	190.00–205.00	2,591	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	141.93/cwt	122.00–150.00	1,492	5
Bulls	—	—	1,610	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	3,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	750	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	419.73/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	165	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	120	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	430.55/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	352.74/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	407.58/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	805	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	414.63/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,940	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	314.94/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	455	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	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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