Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-03-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 9
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Receipts
17 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 40▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $405.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$405.00
2 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.59
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553405.002,2382thin
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
405.00
—
MS average13 barns · 85 hd
405.59
−0.59
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
+21.35
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

11 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy380500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423448.27/cwt445.00–450.001,8963
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365553.94/cwt500.00–605.002,0222
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5942
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy460395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8171
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3811

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.