Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-07-13

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 40▼ 6 vs year ago 135 · −4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 4▼ 8 vs year ago 16 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 5▲ 23 vs year ago 1 · +2,300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand good. Quality average to attractive. Several Fleshy calves today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $405.06/cwt on 24 head, down $35.75 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +21.41 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$405.06
▼ 35.75 vs prior sale
24 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,176
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$30.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.93
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543408.932,22212thin
Medium and Large 1534405.802,16510thin
Medium and Large 2518378.161,9592thin
One grade step is worth $30.77/cwt here — about $263 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 sale24 hd
405.06
—
MS average14 barns · 204 hd
403.13
+1.93
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
+21.41
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
Bulls—Average1,575225.003,5441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,470172.002,5281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low938128.141,2025thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,454$4,1427
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$4,0005
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,435$3,6005
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$1,7001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,313$2,6836

Every lot

55 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0861
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330467.39/cwt460.00–475.001,5422
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413443.33/cwt440.00–445.001,8313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415397.50/cwt360.00–435.001,6502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3431
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519352.95/cwt315.00–365.001,8324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525422.45/cwt405.00–435.002,2184
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2482
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full620385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3871
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy625410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6471
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315503.33/cwt470.00–540.001,5852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367483.16/cwt445.00–505.001,7733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432464.54/cwt450.00–480.002,0073
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy463437.43/cwt425.00–450.002,0252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473449.81/cwt445.00–455.002,1282
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502429.95/cwt415.00–440.002,1583
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518378.16/cwt350.00–405.001,9592
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2538
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530389.74/cwt355.00–405.002,0664
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570403.06/cwt380.00–425.002,2973
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570376.78/cwt350.00–405.002,1484
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615365.00/cwt350.00–380.002,2452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1838
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy615345.16/cwt335.00–355.002,1234
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628352.53/cwt350.00–355.002,2142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1591
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy760305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,575225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,5441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
Cows—Lean 85-90%80073.00/cwt73.00–73.005841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075149.23/cwt140.00–162.001,6043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,470172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3754,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4353,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4544,142.01/head4,000.00–4,200.004,1427
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8005

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.