Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 33▲ 6 vs year ago 40 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 23▼ 12 vs year ago 20 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.44/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −75.22 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$308.44
6 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525330.001,7332thin
Medium and Large 1-2535320.001,7122thin
Medium and Large 2573275.311,5782thin
One grade step is worth $54.69/cwt here — about $155 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 sale6 hd
308.44
—
MS average13 barns · 161 hd
323.29
−14.85
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−75.22
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—High2,400215.005,1601thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,323159.912,1162thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy390425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405342.50/cwt340.00–345.001,3874
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy410435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415359.34/cwt335.00–400.001,4913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512340.11/cwt330.00–345.001,7413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665235.11/cwt220.00–250.001,5632
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6391
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475328.00/cwt325.00–330.001,5585
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7332
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7122
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573275.31/cwt265.00–285.001,5782
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6471
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy700245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7151
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,400215.00/cwt215.00–215.005,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323159.91/cwt155.00–165.002,1162

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.