Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-04-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 24▼ 58 vs year ago 98 · −59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▼ 14 vs year ago 20 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality plain to average. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $250.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −82.45 against this barn's trailing median of $332.45.
Average price
$250.00
6 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638250.001,5946thin
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 sale6 hd
250.00
—
MS average9 barns · 28 hd
277.51
−27.51
This barn, trailing median2 sales
332.45
−82.45
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180120.831,4265thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235210.00/cwt210.00–210.004941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375322.47/cwt320.00–325.001,2094
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422281.36/cwt265.00–300.001,1873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363387.07/cwt375.00–400.001,4052
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1741
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436347.25/cwt335.00–375.001,5144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468326.51/cwt320.00–335.001,5283
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy643245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5755
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 3900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180120.83/cwt120.00–122.001,4265

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.