Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-09-14

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 21▼ 59 vs year ago 79 · −74.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 3 vs year ago 7 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.61/cwt on 3 head, down $45.35 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −13.28 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.
Average price
$351.61
▼ 45.35 vs prior sale
3 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.08
vs MS average
−2.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507351.611,7833thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
351.61
—
MS average13 barns · 233 hd
334.53
+17.08
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−2.70
This barn, trailing median4 sales
364.89
−13.28
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

4 sales
411379348316median 364.8903/2307/1310/1210/2610/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $330.42, median $364.89 across 4 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—Average1,655185.003,0621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225152.001,8621thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average895119.011,0652thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,9001thin

Every lot

15 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453372.54/cwt365.00–380.001,6884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507351.61/cwt345.00–355.001,7833
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,655185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895119.01/cwt118.00–120.001,0652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8621
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.