Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-04-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 80▼ 18 vs year ago 40 · −45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 2 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Higher undertone noted. Demand strong. Quality mostly average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $463.45/cwt on 3 head, up $26.53 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 7 comparable sales and sits +79.80 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$463.45
▲ 26.53 vs prior sale
3 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+42.69
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525463.452,4353thin
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 sale3 hd
463.45
—
MS average14 barns · 107 hd
420.76
+42.69
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
+79.80
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%Average865170.001,4711thin

Every lot

15 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 175750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2160605.00/cwt605.00–605.009681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5662
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405475.12/cwt465.00–485.001,9242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8902
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425534.82/cwt530.00–540.002,2732
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470504.95/cwt500.00–510.002,3732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513492.68/cwt480.00–505.002,5272
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%865170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4711

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.