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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 15

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 71▲ 37 vs year ago 42 · +88.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 9 vs year ago 16 · −56.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality and supply were average to excellent. Demand was high.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.03/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −38.62 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

Average price

$345.03

10 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.25

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	348.39	1,860	6thin
Medium and Large 2	532	340.00	1,807	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.39/cwt here — about $53 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 sale10 hd

345.03

—

MS average11 barns · 144 hd

349.28

−4.25

This barn, trailing median7 sales

383.65

−38.62

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,230	175.00	2,153	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	155.00	1,457	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,078	131.13	1,414	3thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	208	514.28/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,070	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	485.64/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,326	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,305	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	360.04/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,541	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	347.24/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,510	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	338.26/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,769	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	324.86/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,699	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,158	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	414.30/cwt	405.00–425.00	891	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	502.82/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,408	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	466.29/cwt	405.00–510.00	1,483	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	338.96/cwt	320.00–395.00	1,139	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	420.05/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,613	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	358.87/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,482	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	412.32/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,711	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	330.74/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,554	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	371.51/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,757	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,675	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	345.11/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,770	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	351.67/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,952	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,942	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	339.08/cwt	310.00–395.00	2,129	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,181	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	131.13/cwt	120.00–150.00	1,414	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,230	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,153	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Mon Sep 15, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 71Year ago 42

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 16

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality and supply were average to excellent. Demand was high.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	120.00–150.00	131.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	155.00	155.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	565.00	565.00
5	250–300	280	485.00–510.00	502.82
6	300–350	318	405.00–510.00	466.29
4	350–400	384	405.00–455.00	420.05
4	400–450	415	395.00–420.00	412.32
6	450–500	473	365.00–395.00	371.51
3	500–550	513	340.00–355.00	345.11
3	550–600	555	350.00–355.00	351.67
3	600–650	628	310.00–395.00	339.08
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	715	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	405.00–425.00	414.30
4	300–350	336	320.00–395.00	338.96
3	400–450	413	350.00–375.00	358.87
4	450–500	470	315.00–350.00	330.74
2	500–550	500	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	550–600	563	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	495.00–535.00	514.28
2	250–300	273	465.00–510.00	485.64
1	300–350	300	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	428	350.00–365.00	360.04
3	500–550	523	325.00–350.00	338.26
1	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	325.00–370.00	347.24
2	500–550	523	315.00–335.00	324.86
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.