Peoples Livestock Auction Market Report, Houston, MS

Houston, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 2, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	44	71	82
Feeder cattle	40	62	70
Slaughter cattle	4	4	12
Replacement cattle	—	5	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Not enough data to call a true trend. Quality average. Demand strong.

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,580	—
600	600	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,920	—
725	725	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,248	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,956	+75.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,258	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,620	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,472	—
350	350	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,540	-25.00
375 thin fleshed	375	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,612	—
410–420	415	2	375.00–435.00	$404.64	$1,679	+29.64
465 thin fleshed	465	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,860	—
525	525	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,969	±0.00
605	605	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,148	+7.53
675	675	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,194	-25.00
755	755	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,454	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	2	545.00–550.00	$547.58	$1,725	+12.58
500–520	508	3	405.00–435.00	$423.46	$2,151	—
565	565	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,260	—
750	750	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,775	—
815	815	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,486	—
1065 fancy	1065	1	295.00	$295.00	$3,142	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,184	+7.43
570	570	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,194	—
630	630	4	385.00	$385.00	$2,426	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450 thin fleshed	450	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,530	—
775	775	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,364	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1050	80-85%	2	120.00–130.00	$125.24	$1,315	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750	1750	1	218.00	$218.00	$3,815	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,862	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.