Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-10-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 13
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 94▼ 18 vs year ago 90 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 6 vs year ago 20 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 10 vs year ago 15 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand good. Quality average .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.02/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −51.63 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$332.02
13 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520335.291,7444thin
Medium and Large 1546331.671,8106thin
Medium and Large 2545328.371,7903thin
One grade step is worth $6.92/cwt here — about −$46 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
332.02
—
MS average14 barns · 195 hd
350.09
−18.07
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−51.63
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—Average1,600185.002,9601thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191149.811,78410
CowsLean 85-90%Low997113.621,13310

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,0142thin

Every lot

41 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 · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408301.02/cwt270.00–325.001,2283
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418373.23/cwt365.00–385.001,5603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540317.57/cwt310.00–325.001,7152
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1751
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5324
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320510.31/cwt505.00–515.001,6332
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2363400.34/cwt390.00–410.001,4534
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418374.44/cwt355.00–405.001,5653
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427385.94/cwt375.00–410.001,6486
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3731
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482363.18/cwt350.00–385.001,7513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518342.46/cwt335.00–350.001,7742
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520335.29/cwt325.00–345.001,7444
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535322.55/cwt320.00–325.001,7262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558333.36/cwt330.00–335.001,8603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9802
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8761
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,600185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,9601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%870104.00/cwt104.00–104.009051
Cows—Lean 85-90%87596.74/cwt88.00–105.008462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050119.81/cwt100.00–135.001,2587
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191149.81/cwt135.00–167.001,78410
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0502,014.29/head1,900.00–2,100.002,0142
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1920222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,0421
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,200160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9201

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.