Name: Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cattle were 3.00-5.00 higher. 1 load of heifers 475 lbs sold for $145.50. 1 load of steers 525 lbs sold for $160. 1 load of steers 650 lbs sold for $136.50.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.39/cwt on 227 head.

Average price

$131.39

227 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	137.17	552	111
Medium and Large 2	366	127.18	466	31
Medium and Large 1-2	566	125.37	709	85

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about −$157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale227 hd

131.39

—

MS average13 barns · 1,112 hd

131.05

+0.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,381	80.60	1,113	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	58.68	667	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	50.13	486	25

Every lot, as filed

105 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemens Livestock - West Point, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.70/cwt	145.00–152.00	839	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	154.43/cwt	147.00–161.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	165.97/cwt	160.00–174.00	617	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	143.27/cwt	143.00–145.00	761	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	855	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	167.59/cwt	153.00–169.00	761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	132.05/cwt	120.00–137.00	829	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	151.80/cwt	145.00–158.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	170.43/cwt	165.00–180.00	562	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	158.66/cwt	146.00–165.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	133.43/cwt	125.00–142.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	137.43/cwt	130.00–140.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	136.64/cwt	130.00–145.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	977	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	128.24/cwt	122.00–131.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	131.46/cwt	130.00–133.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	163.42/cwt	158.00–166.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	122.13/cwt	121.00–123.00	703	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,060.34/cwt	985.00–1,100.00	10,709	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	700	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	166.54/cwt	164.00–170.00	709	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	160.66/cwt	159.00–164.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	175.79/cwt	170.00–180.00	457	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	730.00/cwt	625.00–800.00	7,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	675.27/cwt	650.00–700.00	7,293	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	761.06/cwt	675.00–850.00	9,194	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	841.67/cwt	525.00–1,100.00	6,708	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	848.95/cwt	650.00–1,050.00	8,320	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	647.73/cwt	375.00–750.00	4,748	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	555.83/cwt	385.00–650.00	3,785	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	579.09/cwt	475.00–675.00	4,245	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	615.07/cwt	400.00–650.00	5,308	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,438	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	718.36/cwt	500.00–875.00	7,069	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	843.34/cwt	600.00–1,100.00	9,294	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	221	171.50/cwt	160.00–180.00	379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	195	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	402	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	760	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	141.93/cwt	135.00–151.00	590	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	311	144.58/cwt	130.00–160.00	450	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	165	153.00/cwt	150.00–156.00	252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	169.70/cwt	160.00–181.00	467	9
Bulls	—	—	1,381	80.60/cwt	70.00–90.00	1,113	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	151.57/cwt	145.00–155.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	146.66/cwt	135.00–156.00	554	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	136.96/cwt	135.00–140.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	125.96/cwt	122.00–130.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	123.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	1,310.42/cwt	1,100.00–1,475.00	16,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	159.06/cwt	150.00–169.00	598	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	165.56/cwt	152.00–177.00	530	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	709	109.26/cwt	107.00–110.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	143.35/cwt	140.00–150.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	126.95/cwt	120.00–131.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	82.32/cwt	75.00–90.00	675	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	58.68/cwt	53.50–64.50	667	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	48.94/cwt	40.00–52.00	471	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	53.61/cwt	52.50–55.00	546	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	114.05/cwt	110.00–118.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	123.84/cwt	115.00–135.00	523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	195	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	126.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	139.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	140.52/cwt	130.00–146.00	517	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	137.24/cwt	130.00–142.00	581	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	145.38/cwt	137.00–152.00	467	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	128.08/cwt	122.00–130.00	687	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	149.40/cwt	147.00–155.00	421	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	133.38/cwt	129.00–140.00	624	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	126.83/cwt	115.00–140.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	130.26/cwt	120.00–140.00	345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	115	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	123.58/cwt	115.00–130.00	392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	135.32/cwt	130.00–139.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	124.76/cwt	124.00–125.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	111.04/cwt	103.00–115.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	142.58/cwt	130.00–150.00	332	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	226	126.71/cwt	120.00–135.00	286	4

How this sale compares

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.

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Feeder CattleReceipts 671Last week 751Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 69Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	568	145.00–152.00	147.70
13	—	372	160.00–174.00	165.97
8	—	518	145.00–158.00	151.80
10	—	330	165.00–180.00	170.43
4	—	724	122.00–131.00	128.24
1	—	240	182.00	182.00
1	—	800	125.00	125.00
2	—	673	130.00–133.00	131.46
8	—	426	164.00–170.00	166.54
6	—	471	159.00–164.00	160.66
6	—	260	170.00–180.00	175.79
1	—	195	182.00	182.00
3	—	750	125.00–130.00	126.67
4	—	629	135.00–145.00	139.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	147.00–161.00	154.43
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
1	—	385	158.00	158.00
6	—	331	146.00–165.00	158.66
6	—	481	125.00–142.00	133.43
4	—	569	130.00–140.00	137.43
5	—	514	130.00–145.00	136.64
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
4	—	283	158.00–166.00	163.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	697	125.00	125.00
7	—	531	143.00–145.00	143.27
18	—	578	148.00	148.00
12	—	454	153.00–169.00	167.59
25	—	628	120.00–137.00	132.05
9	—	775	126.00	126.00
11	—	365	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	123.00	123.00
9	—	576	121.00–123.00	122.13
11	—	413	144.00	144.00
2	—	350	139.00	139.00
3	—	484	132.00	132.00
4	—	323	151.00	151.00
11	—	717	110.00	110.00
11	—	814	100.00	100.00
25	—	536	122.00–130.00	128.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	402	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	120.00–131.00	126.95
2	—	820	75.00–90.00	82.32
19	—	368	130.00–146.00	140.52
22	—	423	130.00–142.00	137.24
25	—	321	137.00–152.00	145.38
2	—	680	110.00–115.00	112.52
10	—	282	147.00–155.00	149.40
11	—	468	129.00–140.00	133.38
3	—	575	110.00–120.00	114.93
3	—	630	110.00–120.00	115.00
3	—	727	103.00–115.00	111.04
7	—	233	130.00–150.00	142.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	115.00–135.00	123.84
5	—	511	115.00–140.00	126.83
5	—	265	120.00–140.00	130.26
1	—	115	120.00	120.00
3	—	317	115.00–130.00	123.58
4	—	375	130.00–139.00	135.32
4	—	473	124.00–125.00	124.76
4	—	226	120.00–135.00	126.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	221	160.00–180.00	171.50
3	—	667	115.00	115.00
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
1	—	195	160.00	160.00
9	—	275	160.00–181.00	169.70
5	—	422	145.00–155.00	151.57
3	—	565	120.00–127.00	123.98
2	—	510	134.00–136.00	135.01
14	—	376	150.00–169.00	159.06
13	—	320	152.00–177.00	165.56
4	—	709	107.00–110.00	109.26
7	—	466	140.00–150.00	143.35
2	—	613	110.00–118.00	114.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	135.00–151.00	141.93
4	—	311	130.00–160.00	144.58
2	—	165	150.00–156.00	153.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
7	—	378	135.00–156.00	146.66
6	—	473	135.00–140.00	136.96
4	—	565	122.00–130.00	125.96
1	—	290	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,010	985.00–1,100.00	1,060.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	625.00–800.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,080	650.00–700.00	675.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,208	675.00–850.00	761.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	797	525.00–1,100.00	841.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	980	650.00–1,050.00	848.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	733	375.00–750.00	647.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	750	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	984	500.00–875.00	718.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,102	600.00–1,100.00	843.34
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	681	385.00–650.00	555.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	733	475.00–675.00	579.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	863	400.00–650.00	615.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,248	1,100.00–1,475.00	1,310.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	46.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,136	53.50–64.50	58.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	962	40.00–52.00	48.94
7	—	1,019	52.50–55.00	53.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,381	70.00–90.00	80.60

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Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

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