Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2025-11-17

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 36▼ 77 vs year ago 112 · −68.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 6 vs year ago 15 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Demand good for all classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.59/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −62.06 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$321.59
6 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.96
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546321.591,7556thin
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 sale6 hd
321.59
—
MS average13 barns · 133 hd
337.56
−15.96
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−62.06
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—Average1,500178.002,6701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,123143.501,6112thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,076104.381,1235thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1140450.00/cwt450.00–450.006301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338362.56/cwt360.00–365.001,2252
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415235.00/cwt235.00–235.009751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613254.80/cwt245.00–265.001,5622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205255.00/cwt255.00–255.005231
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265302.50/cwt302.50–302.508021
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335406.59/cwt400.00–415.001,3623
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3872
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418369.62/cwt355.00–390.001,5453
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528329.94/cwt325.00–335.001,7423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6471
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575317.37/cwt310.00–325.001,8252
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6702
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,500178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,6701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977103.96/cwt90.00–110.001,0163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,020152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2862
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2938186.58/cwt158.00–215.001,7504

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.