Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Quality mostly average. Demand strong.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $383.65/cwt on 11 head, down $21.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −28.67 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$383.65

▼ 21.41 vs prior sale

11 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$1.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.64

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	500	385.00	1,925	3thin
Medium and Large 1	527	383.15	2,019	8thin

One grade step is worth $1.85/cwt here — about −$94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale11 hd

383.65

—

MS average13 barns · 125 hd

364.02

+19.64

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−28.67

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	1,703	225.51	3,840	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	450–500	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	319.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	300–350	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	465.00/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	397.70/cwt	365.00–418.00	2,028	4
Bulls	—	—	1,703	225.51/cwt	225.00–226.00	3,840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	460.03/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	342.44/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	372.20/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	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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