Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-07-27

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 44▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 16▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Supply was avg, Demand was good. Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.79/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $400.79.
Average price
$400.79
12 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.32
vs MS average
+1.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565405.952,29410thin
Medium and Large 2535375.002,0062thin
One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale12 hd
400.79
—
MS average12 barns · 380 hd
429.11
−28.32
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
+1.50
This barn, trailing median1 sales
400.79
−0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,135205.002,3272thin

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
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)810$2,8501thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403435.03/cwt430.00–440.001,7532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480419.77/cwt405.00–435.002,0154
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533402.44/cwt400.00–405.002,1452
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573406.83/cwt405.00–410.002,3318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616376.82/cwt355.00–385.002,3215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617398.54/cwt385.00–405.002,4597
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655368.33/cwt365.00–370.002,4133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4851
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3842
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2452
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370402.57/cwt400.00–405.001,4902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432405.31/cwt395.00–410.001,7513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458407.54/cwt405.00–410.001,8672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530405.14/cwt400.00–410.002,1472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558402.49/cwt400.00–405.002,2462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421430.72/cwt425.00–435.001,8137
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465419.52/cwt395.00–440.001,9513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8623
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528347.56/cwt345.00–350.001,8352
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575331.55/cwt325.00–335.001,9063
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0461
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365200.00/cwt200.00–200.007301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,3272
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18102,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501

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.