Name: Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00--5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Board sale 1 load of heifers 725 lbs 128.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.65/cwt on 218 head.

Average price

$137.65

218 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$9.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	140.84	789	83
Medium and Large 1	496	139.67	692	72
Medium and Large 2	439	131.16	576	63

One grade step is worth $9.68/cwt here — about $213 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 sale218 hd

137.65

—

MS average13 barns · 1,268 hd

131.86

+5.79

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	1,628	86.30	1,405	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,163	56.48	657	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	55.00	883	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,049	51.05	536	43

Every lot, as filed

110 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 1	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	120.47/cwt	115.00–124.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	702	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	159.78/cwt	146.00–165.00	593	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	155.44/cwt	148.00–167.00	501	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	139.06/cwt	130.00–145.00	592	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	130.48/cwt	125.00–137.00	617	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	124.21/cwt	120.00–130.00	641	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	217	135.38/cwt	125.00–140.00	294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	287	141.05/cwt	128.00–156.00	405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	121.37/cwt	120.00–124.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	148.73/cwt	137.00–164.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	110.87/cwt	105.00–115.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	117.98/cwt	115.00–125.00	503	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	367	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,016	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	705	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,419	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	898	637.67/cwt	575.00–700.00	5,726	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	785	588.73/cwt	550.00–625.00	4,622	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	715	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,396	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	475.60/cwt	330.00–590.00	3,867	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	405.34/cwt	300.00–600.00	2,124	5
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	205	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	175	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	120	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	240	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	735	424.49/cwt	350.00–500.00	3,120	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,485.00/cwt	1,485.00–1,485.00	18,563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	110.63/cwt	105.00–118.00	563	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	119.89/cwt	110.00–129.00	446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	111.21/cwt	105.00–118.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	113.92/cwt	105.00–120.00	375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	122.93/cwt	110.00–132.00	327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	228	126.01/cwt	120.00–135.00	287	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	767	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	129.62/cwt	125.00–138.00	486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	118.39/cwt	110.00–122.00	624	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	122.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	114.66/cwt	110.00–120.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	130.26/cwt	125.00–135.00	421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	130.26/cwt	124.00–137.00	371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	108.92/cwt	104.00–114.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	115.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	126.50/cwt	125.00–128.00	272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	160	171.34/cwt	160.00–182.00	274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	751	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,385.00/cwt	1,385.00–1,385.00	18,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	974	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,423.92/cwt	1,350.00–1,495.00	18,155	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	1,373.97/cwt	900.00–1,475.00	15,622	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	18,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	910.70/cwt	825.00–1,100.00	10,655	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	733.38/cwt	500.00–1,100.00	6,960	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	1,132.54/cwt	850.00–1,375.00	12,922	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,029	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,435	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,693	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	740	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	6,105	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	1,193.68/cwt	750.00–1,400.00	10,862	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	1,187.79/cwt	800.00–1,400.00	11,498	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	132.41/cwt	120.00–140.00	502	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	130.33/cwt	120.00–136.00	550	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.80/cwt	115.00–127.00	586	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	118.06/cwt	110.00–122.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	150.63/cwt	150.00–152.00	407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	135	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	789	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	882	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	132.52/cwt	130.00–140.00	694	15
Bulls	—	—	1,628	86.30/cwt	73.00–92.50	1,405	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	682	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	56.40/cwt	54.00–60.50	655	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	883	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	57.17/cwt	56.50–58.00	675	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	40.74/cwt	40.00–42.00	357	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	52.00/cwt	45.00–56.00	553	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	147.63/cwt	145.00–150.00	484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	222	132.50/cwt	120.00–141.00	294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	130.91/cwt	120.00–140.00	562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	126.87/cwt	125.00–130.00	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	121.75/cwt	115.00–129.00	693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.03/cwt	130.00–147.00	518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	128.08/cwt	120.00–135.00	606	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	19,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	17,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	4,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	128.02/cwt	125.00–130.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	117.65/cwt	115.00–121.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	108.62/cwt	95.00–121.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	120.89/cwt	115.00–129.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	165.21/cwt	162.00–167.00	448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.44/cwt	130.00–142.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	158.07/cwt	154.00–165.00	498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	141.11/cwt	135.00–149.00	669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	155.55/cwt	150.00–160.00	577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	147.01/cwt	143.00–154.00	620	9

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 699Last week 793Year ago 398

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 88Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 125Year ago 18

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00--5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Board sale 1 load of heifers 725 lbs 128.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
2	—	680	110.00	110.00
2	—	830	90.00–95.00	92.50
4	—	578	115.00–124.00	120.47
7	—	611	110.00–120.00	114.96
8	—	371	146.00–165.00	159.78
9	—	322	148.00–167.00	155.44
10	—	426	130.00–145.00	139.06
10	—	473	125.00–137.00	130.48
14	—	516	120.00–130.00	124.21
1	—	285	163.00	163.00
1	—	205	165.00	165.00
1	—	175	200.00	200.00
1	—	120	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
1	—	860	75.00	75.00
3	—	217	125.00–140.00	135.38
3	—	287	128.00–156.00	141.05
3	—	522	120.00–124.00	121.37
4	—	329	137.00–164.00	148.73
6	—	570	105.00–115.00	110.87
14	—	379	120.00–140.00	132.41
11	—	422	120.00–136.00	130.33
7	—	477	115.00–127.00	122.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	426	115.00–125.00	117.98
14	—	509	105.00–118.00	110.63
12	—	372	110.00–129.00	119.89
8	—	482	105.00–118.00	111.21
5	—	329	105.00–120.00	113.92
5	—	266	110.00–132.00	122.93
5	—	228	120.00–135.00	126.01
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	562	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	375	125.00–138.00	129.62
12	—	527	110.00–122.00	118.39
8	—	423	120.00–130.00	122.96
7	—	468	117.00–121.00	118.99
6	—	563	110.00–120.00	114.66
5	—	323	125.00–135.00	130.26
5	—	285	124.00–137.00	130.26
4	—	669	104.00–114.00	108.92
4	—	620	110.00–120.00	115.49
2	—	215	125.00–128.00	126.50
2	—	160	160.00–182.00	171.34
1	—	755	90.00	90.00
1	—	715	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	156.00	156.00
1	—	915	111.00	111.00
15	—	524	130.00–140.00	132.52
1	—	1,010	105.00	105.00
3	—	607	125.00–130.00	128.02
3	—	722	115.00–121.00	117.65
3	—	823	95.00–121.00	108.62
4	—	674	115.00–129.00	120.89
5	—	271	162.00–167.00	165.21
5	—	575	130.00–142.00	132.44
7	—	315	154.00–165.00	158.07
7	—	474	135.00–149.00	141.11
8	—	371	150.00–160.00	155.55
9	—	422	143.00–154.00	147.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	741	131.50	131.50
26	—	591	133.50	133.50
21	—	644	137.00	137.00
14	—	319	163.00	163.00
9	—	390	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	110.00–122.00	118.06
3	—	270	150.00–152.00	150.63
2	—	658	115.00–120.00	117.49
1	—	135	125.00	125.00
4	—	328	145.00–150.00	147.63
5	—	222	120.00–141.00	132.50
7	—	429	120.00–140.00	130.91
7	—	526	125.00–130.00	126.87
8	—	569	115.00–129.00	121.75
10	—	370	130.00–147.00	140.03
13	—	473	120.00–135.00	128.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	705	485.00	485.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	898	575.00–700.00	637.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	785	550.00–625.00	588.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	475.00	475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	735	350.00–500.00	424.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	590	400.00	400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,485.00	1,485.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,300	1,385.00	1,385.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,275	1,350.00–1,495.00	1,423.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,137	900.00–1,475.00	1,373.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,170	825.00–1,100.00	910.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	949	500.00–1,100.00	733.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,141	850.00–1,375.00	1,132.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	330.00–590.00	475.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	524	300.00–600.00	405.34
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	485.00	485.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	910	750.00–1,400.00	1,193.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	968	800.00–1,400.00	1,187.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	685.00	685.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,628	73.00–92.50	86.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	58.00	58.00
20	—	1,162	54.00–60.50	56.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,606	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	56.50–58.00	57.17
5	—	876	40.00–42.00	40.74
35	—	1,063	45.00–56.00	52.00

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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