Name: Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.30/cwt on 241 head.

Average price

$125.30

241 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$6.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.38

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	128.68	586	102
Medium and Large 1-2	541	123.16	666	68
Medium and Large 2	438	122.49	537	71

One grade step is worth $6.19/cwt here — about $49 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 sale241 hd

125.30

—

MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd

118.92

+6.38

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	—	High	1,636	96.13	1,572	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	66.19	821	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,569	65.03	1,020	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	58.82	623	35

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	130.75/cwt	122.00–139.00	689	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	151.04/cwt	135.00–158.00	495	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	141.38/cwt	129.00–149.00	595	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	122.09/cwt	120.00–129.00	691	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	113.18/cwt	105.00–120.00	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	288	147.57/cwt	140.00–155.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	157.09/cwt	156.00–158.00	353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	165	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	152.07/cwt	144.00–162.00	640	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	157.99/cwt	149.00–165.00	591	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	167.37/cwt	160.00–170.00	452	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.84/cwt	140.00–155.00	685	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	136.05/cwt	130.00–142.00	702	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	167.85/cwt	160.00–171.00	530	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	130.30/cwt	122.00–134.00	734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.45/cwt	114.00–120.00	734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	238	165.80/cwt	162.00–172.00	395	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	103.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	56.15/cwt	55.00–57.00	587	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	51.96/cwt	50.00–54.00	509	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	63.87/cwt	62.00–65.50	993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	116.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	137.94/cwt	130.00–144.00	651	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	143.06/cwt	130.00–153.00	531	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	150.01/cwt	140.00–159.00	420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	104.43/cwt	90.00–116.00	551	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	995	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	562	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	833	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	126.68/cwt	125.00–128.00	844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	143.64/cwt	139.00–149.00	738	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	140.11/cwt	135.00–146.00	804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.67/cwt	158.00–169.00	595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	152.11/cwt	149.00–158.00	703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	136.49/cwt	134.00–140.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	158.68/cwt	156.00–163.00	654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	136.11/cwt	120.00–157.00	1,447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	165.05/cwt	160.00–168.00	518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	122.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	114.56/cwt	107.00–122.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	165.32/cwt	160.00–170.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,103	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	70.15/cwt	68.50–72.00	907	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	58.54/cwt	54.50–60.00	735	4
Bulls	—	—	1,707	106.85/cwt	105.50–108.00	1,824	3
Bulls	—	—	1,387	85.42/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,185	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	60.57/cwt	58.00–64.00	650	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	723	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	65.56/cwt	61.50–68.00	796	27
Bulls	—	—	1,813	96.11/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,742	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	80.06/cwt	74.00–88.00	700	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,855	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	856.79/cwt	800.00–900.00	8,911	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,456	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	875	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	11,594	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	1,450.09/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	13,602	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,079.38/cwt	725.00–1,325.00	9,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	144.64/cwt	139.00–150.00	622	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	139.41/cwt	131.00–145.00	647	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	126.28/cwt	122.00–130.00	653	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	148.74/cwt	146.00–152.00	564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.00/cwt	123.00–130.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	145.78/cwt	140.00–156.00	456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	121.54/cwt	110.00–126.00	566	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	126.19/cwt	120.00–131.00	526	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	125.54/cwt	118.00–134.00	411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	129.41/cwt	125.00–133.00	480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	118.66/cwt	110.00–125.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	114.24/cwt	109.00–121.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	134.77/cwt	131.00–140.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	97.50/cwt	90.00–105.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	124.52/cwt	110.00–129.00	633	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	122.30/cwt	120.00–123.00	717	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	774	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	128.23/cwt	123.00–134.00	598	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	131.43/cwt	127.00–137.00	556	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	134.66/cwt	129.00–141.00	497	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	125.16/cwt	120.00–131.00	657	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	115.99/cwt	110.00–120.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	135.67/cwt	134.00–137.00	441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	136.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	119.33/cwt	115.00–122.00	779	3

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemens Livestock - West Point, MS

Mon May 18, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 699Last week 631Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 65Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 42Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	122.00–139.00	130.75
11	—	328	135.00–158.00	151.04
9	—	421	129.00–149.00	141.38
7	—	566	120.00–129.00	122.09
5	—	619	105.00–120.00	113.18
2	—	688	105.00–107.00	106.01
2	—	288	140.00–155.00	147.57
2	—	225	156.00–158.00	157.09
1	—	165	146.00	146.00
13	—	472	130.00–144.00	137.94
13	—	371	130.00–153.00	143.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	421	144.00–162.00	152.07
18	—	374	149.00–165.00	157.99
15	—	270	160.00–170.00	167.37
13	—	473	140.00–155.00	144.84
8	—	516	130.00–142.00	136.05
8	—	316	160.00–171.00	167.85
5	—	563	122.00–134.00	130.30
4	—	625	114.00–120.00	117.45
4	—	238	162.00–172.00	165.80
2	—	680	100.00–108.00	103.97
1	—	775	95.00	95.00
1	—	715	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	110.00–120.00	116.61
25	—	466	123.00–134.00	128.23
19	—	423	127.00–137.00	131.43
17	—	369	129.00–141.00	134.66
16	—	525	120.00–131.00	125.16
8	—	624	110.00–120.00	115.99
7	—	325	134.00–137.00	135.67
4	—	278	130.00–141.00	136.23
3	—	653	115.00–122.00	119.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	110.00–126.00	121.54
14	—	417	120.00–131.00	126.19
11	—	327	118.00–134.00	125.54
10	—	371	125.00–133.00	129.41
8	—	519	110.00–125.00	118.66
7	—	555	109.00–121.00	114.24
3	—	278	131.00–140.00	134.77
2	—	653	100.00–105.00	102.51
2	—	640	90.00–105.00	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	508	110.00–129.00	124.52
13	—	586	120.00–123.00	122.30
10	—	673	115.00	115.00
3	—	358	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	140.00–159.00	150.01
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
15	—	430	139.00–150.00	144.64
10	—	464	131.00–145.00	139.41
8	—	517	122.00–130.00	126.28
5	—	379	146.00–152.00	148.74
3	—	570	123.00–130.00	126.00
3	—	313	140.00–156.00	145.78
2	—	618	125.00–127.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	528	90.00–116.00	104.43
11	—	926	107.50	107.50
10	—	365	154.00	154.00
9	—	617	135.00	135.00
9	—	451	144.50	144.50
7	—	666	125.00–128.00	126.68
5	—	412	152.00	152.00
4	—	566	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	514	139.00–149.00	143.64
13	—	574	135.00–146.00	140.11
9	—	368	158.00–169.00	161.67
7	—	462	149.00–158.00	152.11
6	—	609	134.00–140.00	136.49
6	—	412	156.00–163.00	158.68
5	—	1,063	120.00–157.00	136.11
4	—	314	160.00–168.00	165.05
3	—	727	120.00–126.00	122.00
3	—	672	124.00–126.00	124.99
2	—	933	107.00–122.00	114.56
2	—	278	160.00–170.00	165.32
1	—	1,115	144.00	144.00
1	—	760	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,045	55.00–57.00	56.15
3	—	980	50.00–54.00	51.96
18	—	1,073	58.00–64.00	60.57
3	—	1,112	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	62.00–65.50	63.87
1	—	1,610	68.50	68.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,293	68.50–72.00	70.15
4	—	1,255	54.50–60.00	58.54
27	—	1,214	61.50–68.00	65.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,707	105.50–108.00	106.85
3	—	1,387	84.00–87.00	85.42
3	—	1,813	94.00–99.00	96.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	874	74.00–88.00	80.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	850	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,040	800.00–900.00	856.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	938	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	875	725.00–1,325.00	1,079.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemens Livestock - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle