Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-11-10

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 73▼ 64 vs year ago 100 · −64.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 18▼ 12 vs year ago 24 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.02/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −50.63 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$333.02
5 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.91
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540337.531,8234thin
Medium and Large 2575315.001,8111thin
One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale5 hd
333.02
—
MS average13 barns · 144 hd
331.11
+1.91
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−50.63
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,354144.611,9584thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015117.781,1966thin

Every lot

27 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265360.00/cwt360.00–360.009541
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2231
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0831
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy375345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2942
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315407.50/cwt405.00–410.001,2844
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy355405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4242
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573317.55/cwt315.00–320.001,8202
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009110.74/cwt70.00–140.001,1175
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,5991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354144.61/cwt140.00–151.001,9584

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.