Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 79▲ 0 vs year ago 52 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 7▼ 32 vs year ago 38 · −84.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▼ 33 vs year ago 35 · −94.3%
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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 $314.21/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −69.45 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$314.21
9 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$423
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$94.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518339.421,7583thin
Medium and Large 1-2505329.901,6664thin
Medium and Large 2545245.001,3352thin
One grade step is worth $94.42/cwt here — about $423 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd
314.21
—
MS average12 barns · 174 hd
350.36
−36.16
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−69.45
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—Average1,792185.213,3183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225150.001,8381thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,225142.501,7462thin

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 CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,325$1702thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9161
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368359.97/cwt355.00–365.001,3252
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408374.72/cwt360.00–390.001,5292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450180.00/cwt180.00–180.008101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524325.82/cwt315.00–340.001,7075
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy205565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,1581
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2205340.00/cwt340.00–340.006971
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4391
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323446.29/cwt415.00–505.001,4423
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6281
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505329.90/cwt320.00–340.001,6664
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518339.42/cwt320.00–375.001,7583
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3352
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625307.10/cwt295.00–320.001,9194
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0311
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2Fleshy990205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,725182.32/cwt180.00–185.003,1452
Bulls——1,925191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,6771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8381
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225142.50/cwt140.00–145.001,7462
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,325170.00/head170.00–170.001702

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.