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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 8

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 85▼ 12 vs year ago 49 · −24.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 22▼ 5 vs year ago 7 · −71.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average to attractive. Demand strong.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −52.39 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.

Average price

$312.50

2 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−33.84

vs MS average

−65.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	312.50	1,672	2thin

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 sale2 hd

312.50

—

MS average14 barns · 178 hd

346.34

−33.84

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−65.46

This barn, trailing median4 sales

364.89

−52.39

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

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $330.42, median $364.89 across 4 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	90.00	1,193	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	900	90.00	810	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,294	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	352.35/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,314	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	376.61/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,555	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,558	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	416.07/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,531	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,193	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS

Mon Dec 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 85Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 22Year ago 7

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average to attractive. Demand strong.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	500	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
4	350–400	368	405.00–430.00	416.07
1	400–450	435	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	435	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	370.00–380.00	375.00
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	413	375.00–380.00	376.61
1	450–500	450	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	373	345.00–360.00	352.35
1	450–500	465	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	565	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	90.00	90.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.