Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-02-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 65▼ 35 vs year ago 200 · −17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 1 vs year ago 10 · −10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle or slaughter cattle. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $256.12/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −127.53 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$256.12
13 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,386
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515281.621,4503thin
Medium and Large 1-2548260.001,4254thin
Medium and Large 2590245.001,4461thin
Medium and Large 3542239.951,3005thin
One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $150 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
256.12
—
MS average10 barns · 102 hd
271.67
−15.54
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−127.53
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%Average1,241134.471,6696thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93072.006701thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)875$2,2751thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)763$8132thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453334.89/cwt320.00–345.001,5173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4141
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225321.37/cwt315.00–330.007233
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275300.00/cwt300.00–300.008251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326318.70/cwt310.00–325.001,0397
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340265.00/cwt265.00–265.009011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373281.21/cwt270.00–290.001,0494
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373229.36/cwt210.00–255.008564
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377308.56/cwt300.00–315.001,1637
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410304.96/cwt295.00–315.001,2503
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420244.64/cwt235.00–255.001,0272
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424275.04/cwt265.00–290.001,1668
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473235.03/cwt230.00–240.001,1122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475258.06/cwt255.00–265.001,2265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505257.48/cwt255.00–260.001,3002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515248.27/cwt245.00–255.001,2793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3517221.35/cwt210.00–240.001,1443
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563222.56/cwt205.00–235.001,2534
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566241.27/cwt235.00–245.001,3664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575241.22/cwt215.00–260.001,3873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4472
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0311
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314353.02/cwt335.00–375.001,1089
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2358380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3606
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373344.70/cwt325.00–370.001,28612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4635
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418336.67/cwt315.00–345.001,40710
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465293.99/cwt290.00–295.001,3675
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469281.03/cwt275.00–290.001,3184
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3479249.06/cwt230.00–265.001,1934
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515281.62/cwt275.00–290.001,4503
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523246.67/cwt245.00–250.001,2903
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2548260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4254
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570229.87/cwt225.00–235.001,3102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4461
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630220.04/cwt215.00–225.001,3862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93072.00/cwt72.00–72.006701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241134.47/cwt128.00–140.001,6696
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18752,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19901,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2763812.87/head800.00–825.008132

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.