Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-10-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Receipts
76 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 78▼ 18 vs year ago 94 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded from 10.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Quality average to attractive. 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 $335.53/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −48.13 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$335.53
21 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.58
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530370.001,9612thin
Medium and Large 1-2530335.701,77916thin
Medium and Large 2532311.631,6573thin
One grade step is worth $58.37/cwt here — about $304 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd
335.53
—
MS average13 barns · 170 hd
341.10
−5.58
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−48.13
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.

Every lot

37 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 · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330382.31/cwt370.00–395.001,2624
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335379.85/cwt375.00–385.001,2722
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428349.85/cwt345.00–355.001,4974
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520319.98/cwt315.00–325.001,6643
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8902
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365427.50/cwt425.00–430.001,5602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420375.00/cwt345.00–405.001,5752
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420329.58/cwt295.00–365.001,3842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7181
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467358.36/cwt345.00–365.001,6743
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505309.95/cwt305.00–315.001,5652
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515340.11/cwt330.00–350.001,75212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575322.46/cwt320.00–325.001,8544
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8431
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618307.41/cwt300.00–315.001,9002
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full655295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0591
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy780265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0671
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3241
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy875290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5381

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.