Peoples Livestock Auction Market Report, Houston, MS

Houston, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2026 Corrected report

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	51	120	92
Feeder cattle	27	110	78
Slaughter cattle	15	2	11
Replacement cattle	9	8	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,430	—
385	385	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,559	—
385	385	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,559	—
465	465	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,534	-10.00
580	580	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,798	-15.00
610	610	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,860	±0.00
700	700	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,135	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,095	—
700	700	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,610	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	310.00	$310.00	$930	—
355	355	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,367	—
480	480	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,536	—
555	555	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,304	—
780	780	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,755	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,645	—
745	745	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,974	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1365	1138	80-85%	7	125.00–144.00	$139.09	$1,583	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–975	919	85-90%	4	110.00–135.00	$125.43	$1,153	—
1000	1000	85-90%	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,010	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595	1595	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,871	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800 thin fleshed	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
850 thin fleshed	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.