Peoples Livestock Auction Market Report, Houston, MS

Houston, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 18, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	52	25	50
Feeder cattle	46	12	46
Slaughter cattle	6	1	4
Replacement cattle	—	12	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,904	—
575	575	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,099	—
615–635	625	2	350.00–370.00	$360.16	$2,251	—
725	725	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,719	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	2	390.00–405.00	$397.46	$1,940	-7.54
565	565	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,090	—
655	655	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,325	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	262	3	410.00–440.00	$429.49	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,616	—
510	510	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,785	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,616	—
385	385	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,732	-65.00
445	445	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,247	—
460–470	465	3	480.00–505.00	$493.28	$2,294	—
510–535	522	3	435.00–480.00	$458.21	$2,392	—
555	555	1	425.00	$425.00	$2,359	+75.00
560	560	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,268	+55.00
625	625	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,500	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	470.00	$470.00	$2,068	-55.00
505–515	511	5	435.00–475.00	$459.19	$2,346	+4.19
550	550	2	415.00	$415.00	$2,282	—
600	600	2	405.00	$405.00	$2,430	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,197	—
585	585	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,340	—
730	730	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,446	—
865	865	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,725	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	455.00	$455.00	$910	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–850	825	85-90%	2	120.00–121.00	$120.52	$994	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	80-85%	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,828	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600	1600	1	230.00	$230.00	$3,680	—
1670–1800	1735	2	233.00–250.00	$241.82	$4,196	—

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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.