Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 14▼ 10 vs year ago 43 · −23.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 8▲ 9 vs year ago 14 · +64.3%
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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 $321.55/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −62.10 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$321.55
9 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528325.001,7144thin
Medium and Large 1557318.791,7765thin
One grade step is worth $6.21/cwt here — about −$61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd
321.55
—
MS average14 barns · 161 hd
319.85
+1.70
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−62.10
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
Bulls—Average1,935200.003,8701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256156.131,96110
CowsLean 85-90%Average971147.631,4339thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8552
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375250.00/cwt250.00–250.009383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418352.19/cwt345.00–360.001,4722
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580312.44/cwt305.00–320.001,8122
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3800235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570319.65/cwt300.00–345.001,8223
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608292.41/cwt285.00–300.001,7782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,935200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,8701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%971147.63/cwt140.00–160.001,4339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256156.13/cwt149.00–165.001,96110

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.