Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-08-31

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 31
● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Receipts
8 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 31▼ 29 vs year ago 37 · −78.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $310.00/cwt on 1 head, down $27.95 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −27.95 against this barn's trailing median of $337.95.
Average price
$310.00
▼ 27.95 vs prior sale
1 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.82
vs MS average
−12.17 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630310.001,9531thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
310.00
—
MS average13 barns · 118 hd
305.18
+4.82
National average146 barns · 4,593 hd
322.17
−12.17
This barn, trailing median1 sales
337.95
−27.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5002
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9531
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5201
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4851
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5941

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.