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Peoples Livestock Auction

Name: Peoples Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 24

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123

← Aug 17Aug 24Aug 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 22▼ 1 vs year ago 32 · −3.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

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 $315.00/cwt on 6 head, down $68.65 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −68.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.

Average price

$315.00

▼ 68.65 vs prior sale

6 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.48

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	320.00	1,732	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	500	305.00	1,525	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $207 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 sale6 hd

315.00

—

MS average12 barns · 139 hd

335.48

−20.48

This barn, trailing median7 sales

383.65

−68.65

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	170.00	2,129	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	160.00	1,600	1thin

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,120	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,701	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	323.50/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,828	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,754	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,387	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,600	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,960	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,304	1

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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 22Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 5

Not enough data to call a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	565	322.00–325.00	323.50
1	650–700	665	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	500	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	475	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	645	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	575	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	820	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,225	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	160.00	160.00

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.