Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-11-09

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
← Nov 2Nov 9latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 42▲ 39 vs year ago 36 · +108.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 27▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder bulls and heifers traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows traded steady. Demand good on lite supply. Quality average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $330.66/cwt on 10 head, down $34.73 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −43.86 against this barn's trailing median of $374.52.
Average price
$330.66
▼ 34.73 vs prior sale
10 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.72
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532353.401,8815thin
Medium and Large 2561307.921,7295thin
One grade step is worth $45.48/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd
330.66
—
MS average8 barns · 83 hd
329.94
+0.72
This barn, trailing median8 sales
374.52
−43.86
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

8 sales
455408362315median 374.5204/1307/1310/0510/2611/09
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.81, low $328.90, median $374.52 across 8 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225152.001,8621thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90070.006301thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,505$2,3502thin

Every lot

45 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220415.00/cwt415.00–415.009131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400240.00/cwt240.00–240.009601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408319.91/cwt305.00–335.001,3052
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570304.96/cwt300.00–310.001,7382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt280450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Gaunt285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305412.54/cwt410.00–415.001,2582
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Gaunt315468.10/cwt430.00–505.001,4752
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3651
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0371
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy355390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371425.99/cwt415.00–435.001,5804
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Gaunt385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy410415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Gaunt430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6991
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439396.05/cwt365.00–410.001,7394
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460309.95/cwt305.00–315.001,4262
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469374.08/cwt355.00–400.001,7544
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517385.66/cwt350.00–405.001,9943
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9261
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6621
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568294.90/cwt255.00–320.001,6754
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603309.96/cwt300.00–320.001,8692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy673262.47/cwt260.00–265.001,7662
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9041
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8741
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy750255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9131
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy775205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5891
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1Full855235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0091
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 3900205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8451
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,055200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90070.00/cwt70.00–70.006301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8621
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5052,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502

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.