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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 19

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← May 5May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 43▼ 71 vs year ago 117 · −60.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 22▼ 21 vs year ago 25 · −84.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.61/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −55.28 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.

Average price

$309.61

7 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$52.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs MS average

−24.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	317.05	1,678	6thin
Medium and Large 2	555	265.00	1,471	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.05/cwt here — about $207 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 sale7 hd

309.61

—

MS average13 barns · 319 hd

314.63

−5.02

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−24.65

This barn, trailing median4 sales

364.89

−55.28

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

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $330.42, median $364.89 across 4 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	1,385	151.00	2,091	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	149.67	1,853	3thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,871	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	344.93/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,925	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	317.48/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,943	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	311.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,058	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	332.65/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,241	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	317.96/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,647	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,828	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,705	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,222	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,091	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,758	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,049	1

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 May 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 43Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 22Year ago 25

Not enough data to call a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	445	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
5	500–550	518	305.00–325.00	317.96
1	550–600	585	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	620	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	685	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	325.00–340.00	332.65
1	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	720	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	558	340.00–350.00	344.93
6	600–650	612	310.00–325.00	317.48
4	650–700	660	300.00–320.00	311.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	500	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	140.00–147.00	143.50
1	—	1,265	162.00	162.00

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.