Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.00/cwt on 6 head, down $68.65 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −97.32 against this barn's trailing median of $412.32.

Average price

$315.00

▼ 68.65 vs prior sale

6 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.48

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	320.00	1,732	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	500	305.00	1,525	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $207 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 sale6 hd

315.00

—

MS average12 barns · 139 hd

335.48

−20.48

This barn, trailing median6 sales

412.32

−97.32

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	170.00	2,129	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	160.00	1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1Full	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	323.50/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,304	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	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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