Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-04-28

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 28
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 132▼ 65 vs year ago 105 · −61.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 30 vs year ago 32 · −93.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 24 vs year ago 25 · −96.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call trend

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.76/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −62.90 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$320.76
6 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536320.761,7196thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
320.76
—
MS average11 barns · 101 hd
315.05
+5.70
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−62.90
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low68583.005692thin

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215375.00/cwt375.00–375.008061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280377.46/cwt375.00–380.001,0572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318388.04/cwt375.00–405.001,2343
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0661
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8181
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5241
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0631
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470352.47/cwt350.00–355.001,6572
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512336.51/cwt330.00–345.001,7233
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8421
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%68583.00/cwt83.00–83.005692
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1775200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5501

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.