Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2024-09-30

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 52▼ 68 vs year ago 127 · −53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 38▲ 2 vs year ago 8 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.39/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −151.27 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$232.39
8 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.52
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538264.751,4232thin
Medium and Large 2544221.601,2056thin
One grade step is worth $43.15/cwt here — about $218 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
232.39
—
MS average12 barns · 119 hd
230.87
+1.52
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−151.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
455408362315median 383.6504/1305/1808/0310/1210/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $328.90, median $383.65 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,089105.851,1538thin

Every lot

31 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372248.16/cwt240.00–257.509233
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0951
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520182.50/cwt182.50–182.509491
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583207.40/cwt200.00–215.001,2092
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623206.62/cwt195.00–222.501,2873
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690231.25/cwt225.00–237.501,5962
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8051
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3815100.00/cwt100.00–100.008151
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278296.35/cwt292.50–300.008242
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368255.37/cwt245.00–265.009404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385280.25/cwt275.00–285.501,0792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463253.72/cwt252.50–255.001,1752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531218.19/cwt200.00–252.501,1594
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,3651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570228.41/cwt220.50–236.601,3022
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603243.84/cwt241.00–247.501,4703
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2521
Bulls600–650Medium 2625192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2031
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658222.08/cwt215.00–225.001,4616
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725204.17/cwt196.50–220.001,4804
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4911
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4851
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,089105.85/cwt91.00–129.001,1538

This sale against other markets

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.