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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, May 4

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 22▲ 2 vs year ago 43 · +4.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 1▼ 19 vs year ago 22 · −86.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. But a lower undertone was noted. Quality mostly average. Demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.17/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +50.38 against this barn's trailing median of $400.79.

Average price

$451.17

7 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$111

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

$18.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

vs MS average

−36.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	453.87	2,347	6thin
Medium and Large 1	565	435.00	2,458	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about −$111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale7 hd

451.17

—

MS average14 barns · 335 hd

449.31

+1.87

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−36.38

This barn, trailing median1 sales

400.79

+50.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,925	203.00	3,908	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	158.00	1,580	1thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,230	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,166	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,178	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,266	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	498.60/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,343	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	453.87/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,347	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,490	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,887	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	439.92/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,059	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	410.00/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,968	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	398.05/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,042	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,303	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,452	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,876	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	502.46/cwt	460.00–540.00	1,633	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	528.10/cwt	510.00–545.00	1,943	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,025	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,420	1
Bulls	—	—	2,050	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	4,428	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,580	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 May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 22Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 22

Not enough data to call a trend. But a lower undertone was noted. Quality mostly average. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
3	450–500	480	405.00–420.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	468	435.00–445.00	439.92
2	500–550	513	375.00–420.00	398.05
1	550–600	555	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	615	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	385	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	530	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	615.00	615.00
1	400–450	440	515.00	515.00
1	450–500	485	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	570.00	570.00
2	400–450	423	515.00	515.00
3	450–500	470	480.00–525.00	498.60
1	550–600	565	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
6	500–550	517	425.00–480.00	453.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	605.00	605.00
1	300–350	310	605.00	605.00
2	350–400	368	510.00–545.00	528.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	460.00–540.00	502.46
1	500–550	500	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	190.00	190.00
1	—	2,050	216.00	216.00

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.