Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 9
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 65▼ 33 vs year ago 47 · −70.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $297.01/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −86.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$297.01
5 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$528
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$90.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.00
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560325.001,8202thin
Medium and Large 2518300.021,5542thin
Medium and Large 3550235.001,2931thin
One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $528 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale5 hd
297.01
—
MS average10 barns · 120 hd
312.01
−15.00
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−86.65
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,343157.522,1156thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low868133.501,1582thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$1,4503thin

Every lot

13 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518300.02/cwt295.00–305.001,5542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800117.00/cwt117.00–117.009361
Cows—Lean 85-90%935150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343157.52/cwt152.00–160.002,1156
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4503

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.