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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 24

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 55▼ 47 vs year ago 55 · −85.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 25▲ 13 vs year ago 2 · +650.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 30▲ 37 vs year ago 8 · +462.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand strong.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.75 against this barn's trailing median of $474.75.

Average price

$340.00

4 head · 345 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.94

vs MS average

−34.13 vs national

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	335	345.00	1,156	3thin
Medium and Large 1	375	325.00	1,219	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$63 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 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

340.00

—

MS average12 barns · 200 hd

350.94

−10.94

National average174 barns · 6,678 hd

374.13

−34.13

This barn, trailing median1 sales

474.75

−134.75

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	—	High	2,000	180.00	3,600	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	140.37	1,724	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	993	$2,541	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,200	5

Every lot

13 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,000	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,600	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	135.34/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,604	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	148.74/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,934	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	2,421.05/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,421	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	2,643.06/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,643	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Mon Mar 24, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 55Year ago 55

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 25Year ago 2

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 30Year ago 8

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand strong.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	125.00–140.00	135.34
3	—	1,300	144.00–152.00	148.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,100	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,029	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,643.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	950	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,421.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,100	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,400	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	2,000.00	2,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	320	380.00	380.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.