Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-09-07

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 7
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 8▼ 50 vs year ago 71 · −70.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $326.67/cwt on 3 head, down $56.99 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −56.99 against this barn's trailing median of $383.65.
Average price
$326.67
▼ 56.99 vs prior sale
3 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505327.501,6542thin
Medium and Large 2500325.001,6251thin
One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about $29 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 sale3 hd
326.67
—
MS average14 barns · 132 hd
326.44
+0.23
This barn, trailing median7 sales
383.65
−56.99
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,225146.001,7891thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$4,5003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$5,6402thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6561
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1341
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed325415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3492
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5561
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7891
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1405,640.35/head4,500.00–6,500.005,6402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3554,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5003

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.