Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-09-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 32▼ 116 vs year ago 153 · −75.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality 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 $375.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits −8.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$375.00
2 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.75
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500375.001,8752thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
375.00
—
MS average14 barns · 202 hd
360.25
+14.75
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−8.65
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—Average1,565210.003,2871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,026165.001,6931thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average999126.501,2644thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240435.10/cwt430.00–440.001,0442
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270440.28/cwt435.00–445.001,1892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426378.33/cwt355.00–395.001,6124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7342
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5442
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed305505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325448.11/cwt415.00–495.001,4565
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335390.00/cwt380.00–400.001,3072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430402.93/cwt380.00–425.001,7333
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6972
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8752
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9661
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy645360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3221
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy755290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,565210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,2871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%773120.00/cwt120.00–120.009282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,026165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6292

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.