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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 3

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Jul 27Aug 3Aug 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 85▼ 32 vs year ago 62 · −51.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 2▼ 32 vs year ago 34 · −94.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Quality mostly average. Demand strong.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $383.65/cwt on 11 head, down $21.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

Average price

$383.65

▼ 21.41 vs prior sale

11 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$1.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.64

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	385.00	1,925	3thin
Medium and Large 1	527	383.15	2,019	8thin

One grade step is worth $1.85/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale11 hd

383.65

—

MS average13 barns · 125 hd

364.02

+19.64

This barn, trailing median7 sales

383.65

+0.00

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,703	225.51	3,840	2thin

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	460.03/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,785	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	465.00/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,860	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	397.70/cwt	365.00–418.00	2,028	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	523	372.20/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,947	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	342.44/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,192	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	319.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,313	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,685	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,703	225.51/cwt	225.00–226.00	3,840	2

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 Aug 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 85Year ago 62

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 34

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Quality mostly average. Demand strong.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	455.00–465.00	460.03
2	400–450	400	455.00–475.00	465.00
1	450–500	475	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	510	365.00–418.00	397.70
1	600–650	600	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	723	315.00–325.00	319.91
1	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	910	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	500	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	523	360.00–385.00	372.20
2	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	640	335.00–350.00	342.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	415.00	415.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	225.00–226.00	225.51

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.