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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 31

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 8▼ 36 vs year ago 60 · −60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 15▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $252.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −131.15 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

Average price

$252.50

2 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−57.50

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	265.00	1,391	1thin
Medium and Large 3	575	240.00	1,380	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale2 hd

252.50

—

MS average9 barns · 93 hd

310.00

−57.50

This barn, trailing median7 sales

383.65

−131.15

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,825	165.00	3,011	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	140.00	1,715	2thin

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	282.55/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,153	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,011	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,715	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 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 8Year ago 60

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 15Year ago 12

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	430	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	408	275.00–290.00	282.55
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	535	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	375	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	140.00	140.00

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.