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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 26

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← May 19May 26Jun 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 46▼ 17 vs year ago 33 · −51.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 4▲ 3 vs year ago 7 · +42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality was average, demand was average . Supply was limited. Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $296.06/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −135.14 against this barn's trailing median of $431.20.

Average price

$296.06

5 head · 412 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$72.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.45

vs MS average

−59.07 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	403	325.04	1,310	3thin
Medium and Large 2	425	252.59	1,074	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.45/cwt here — about $236 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

296.06

—

MS average13 barns · 270 hd

335.51

−39.45

National average127 barns · 5,066 hd

355.13

−59.07

This barn, trailing median4 sales

431.20

−135.14

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 400–500 lb

4 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $449.97, low $369.56, median $431.20 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	162.09	1,979	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	150.69	1,421	3thin

Every lot

12 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	325.70/cwt	285.00–345.00	1,247	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	325.04/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,310	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	252.59/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,074	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,040	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,138	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,372	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	150.69/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,421	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	162.09/cwt	153.00–170.00	1,979	6

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 46Year ago 33

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 7

Quality was average, demand was average . Supply was limited. Not enough data to call a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	520.00	520.00
1	250–300	250	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	465	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	285.00–345.00	325.70
3	400–450	403	315.00–330.00	325.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	425	245.00–260.00	252.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,221	153.00–170.00	162.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	147.00–155.00	150.69

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.