Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-07-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 14
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 38▼ 73 vs year ago 208 · −35.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 12▼ 29 vs year ago 45 · −64.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▼ 11 vs year ago 12 · −91.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Quality average to attractive. Demand strong .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.36/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −83.29 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$300.36
13 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560313.381,7556thin
Medium and Large 2522293.141,5293thin
Medium and Large 1-2575290.001,6683thin
Medium and Large 3540275.001,4851thin
One grade step is worth $38.38/cwt here — about $270 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 sale13 hd
300.36
—
MS average12 barns · 167 hd
317.42
−17.06
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−83.29
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—Average1,281173.382,2214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242172.412,1426thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,042128.791,3423thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,6501thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5703
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5941
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8568
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,05115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0793
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1125900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed165535.00/cwt535.00–535.008831
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2195305.00/cwt305.00–305.005951
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed325240.00/cwt240.00–240.007802
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330323.86/cwt300.00–350.001,0692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed433284.97/cwt280.00–290.001,2342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4181
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned460345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463362.12/cwt340.00–400.001,6773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5451
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545280.00/cwt260.00–300.001,5262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9674
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1175385.00/cwt385.00–385.006741
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed220435.00/cwt435.00–435.009572
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed225471.72/cwt455.00–490.001,0612
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed253437.52/cwt435.00–440.001,1072
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed290425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2331
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed323357.19/cwt295.00–390.001,1543
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422371.80/cwt355.00–380.001,5693
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2541
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478374.87/cwt370.00–380.001,7922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480287.24/cwt275.00–300.001,3792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed480277.47/cwt275.00–280.001,3322
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520289.71/cwt275.00–305.001,5062
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575315.09/cwt305.00–320.001,8123
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9002
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,281173.38/cwt162.00–181.002,2214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063135.19/cwt130.00–139.001,4372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221177.31/cwt170.00–190.002,1654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285162.62/cwt160.00–165.002,0902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.