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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 16

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Receipts

42 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 115▲ 18 vs year ago 24 · +75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand good. Quality average.

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 $363.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −1.14 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.

Average price

$363.75

4 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.54

vs MS average

−65.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	370.00	2,054	3thin
Medium and Large 1	545	345.00	1,880	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $173 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 sale4 hd

363.75

—

MS average14 barns · 333 hd

393.29

−29.54

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−65.42

This barn, trailing median4 sales

364.89

−1.14

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.

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,092	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	486.83/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,631	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,784	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,250	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,415	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	345	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,742	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,126	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,312	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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Receipts 42Last week 115Year ago 24

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand good. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	375	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	410	435.00	435.00
1	450–500	460	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	520.00	520.00
2	300–350	335	465.00–510.00	486.83
1	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	545	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	655	343.50	343.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	675	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	455	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	500	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	525	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	335.00	335.00

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.