Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-10-06

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 55▲ 30 vs year ago 64 · +46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 2 vs year ago 9 · −22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 1 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 and demand were average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −40.79 against this barn's trailing median of $400.79.
Average price
$360.00
1 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.64
vs MS average
−85.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510360.001,8361thin
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 sale1 hd
360.00
—
MS average14 barns · 411 hd
376.64
−16.64
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−85.85
This barn, trailing median1 sales
400.79
−40.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,345157.662,1212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,233133.291,6433thin

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)1,440$2,7751thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2699
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480377.66/cwt370.00–385.001,8134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9766
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4673
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3328
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4725
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415364.94/cwt360.00–370.001,5152
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462353.12/cwt345.00–365.001,6313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470335.21/cwt325.00–345.001,5752
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7689
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5951
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9508
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373379.70/cwt375.00–385.001,4162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415341.59/cwt335.00–345.001,4183
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469375.07/cwt365.00–385.001,7596
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569321.21/cwt310.00–335.001,8284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1112
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685281.76/cwt275.00–285.001,9303
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233133.29/cwt119.00–144.001,6433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345157.66/cwt154.00–161.002,1212
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,4402,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751

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.