Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-06-01

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 1
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Receipts
25 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 1▼ 40 vs year ago 65 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Quality average. Very active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $425.00/cwt on 4 head, down $15.81 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +41.35 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$425.00
▼ 15.81 vs prior sale
4 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,396
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$40.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575445.002,5592thin
Medium and Large 2540405.002,1871thin
Medium and Large 1565405.002,2881thin
One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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
425.00
—
MS average11 barns · 123 hd
400.91
+24.09
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
+41.35
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

16 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2333
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6532
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4941
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1995310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2602
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5592
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9981
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5311
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2791

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.