Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-06-15

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 26▼ 11 vs year ago 33 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 33▼ 22 vs year ago 23 · −95.7%
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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 $410.00/cwt on 4 head, down $30.81 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +26.35 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$410.00
▼ 30.81 vs prior sale
4 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,250
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.48
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549410.002,2504thin
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 sale4 hd
410.00
—
MS average14 barns · 135 hd
399.52
+10.48
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
+26.35
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.

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%Average1,225180.002,2051thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355397.82/cwt375.00–420.001,4122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0231
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1671
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3291
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1941
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full600375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2051

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.