Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 7
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 46▼ 57 vs year ago 95 · −60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 8▼ 43 vs year ago 55 · −78.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 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. Quality mostly average. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −53.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$330.00
4 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.95
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500335.001,6752thin
Medium and Large 1545325.001,7712thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale4 hd
330.00
—
MS average7 barns · 95 hd
315.05
+14.95
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−53.65
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
Bulls—High1,753199.773,5033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226157.511,9314thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,000128.431,2843thin

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)1,083$2,3886

Every lot

25 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed325390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2681
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2942
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378362.62/cwt345.00–380.001,3712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438312.43/cwt300.00–325.001,3684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525320.57/cwt305.00–335.001,6832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418350.09/cwt335.00–365.001,4632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6752
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9322
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,730194.65/cwt180.00–206.003,3672
Bulls——1,800210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,7801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000128.43/cwt120.00–135.001,2843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226157.51/cwt140.00–165.001,9314
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0832,388.46/head2,300.00–2,550.002,3886

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.