Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2023-01-23

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 23
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
677 head
▼ 393 vs last sale 1,070▼ 579 vs year ago 1,256 · −46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 147▲ 20 vs year ago 101 · +19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 59▲ 45 vs year ago 37 · +121.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were unevenly steady, higher $5 - lower $5. Heifers sold mostly higher $2-5. Slaughter cows sold lower $2-3. Bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.96/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$159.96
162 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480162.52780129
Medium and Large 1-2535161.008616thin
Medium and Large 2343147.5250627
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $274 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 sale162 hd
159.96
—
MS average13 barns · 1,172 hd
157.46
+2.51
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,50594.991,43011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30375.1397921
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03969.7872556
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39067.429372thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,036$1,09616
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)951$1,0767
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,003$1,03914
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,157$9526
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)942$8715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,018$8022thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)808$7826
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,080$1,2851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$1,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)814$5368

Every lot, as filed

97 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—665160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0642
SteersMedium and Large 1—468197.43/cwt190.00–204.009248
SteersMedium and Large 1—419204.88/cwt197.00–210.0085812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—573180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0316
SteersMedium and Large 2—434176.74/cwt165.00–190.007676
SteersMedium and Large 2—290175.34/cwt166.00–185.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—641152.00/cwt152.00–152.009743
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830120.00/cwt120.00–120.009961
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572155.89/cwt150.00–161.0089211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—535161.00/cwt161.00–161.008616
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570155.00/cwt155.00–155.008846
SteersMedium and Large 2—190150.00/cwt150.00–150.002851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280174.96/cwt162.00–181.004905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220164.66/cwt160.00–170.003622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668141.99/cwt135.00–146.009483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—860125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635150.50/cwt138.00–156.0095615
SteersMedium and Large 2—381176.40/cwt150.00–195.006728
HeifersMedium and Large 2—219147.15/cwt130.00–160.003225
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278148.84/cwt130.00–160.004149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373169.52/cwt163.00–179.0063213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—790125.00/cwt125.00–125.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317175.53/cwt170.00–182.0055612
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,0536
SteersMedium and Large 2—855118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0091
SteersMedium and Large 2—480178.71/cwt170.00–189.008586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—346202.50/cwt202.50–202.507019
SteersMedium and Large 2—583151.03/cwt145.00–157.008812
SteersMedium and Large 2—225175.00/cwt175.00–175.003941
SteersMedium and Large 1—373207.37/cwt200.00–215.007736
SteersMedium and Large 1—750140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 2—318169.45/cwt150.00–195.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1—195185.00/cwt185.00–185.003611
SteersMedium and Large 2—515161.72/cwt150.00–170.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—427193.00/cwt193.00–193.008248
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—516194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—686171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1736
SteersMedium and Large 1—523179.79/cwt175.00–185.009407
SteersMedium and Large 1—287203.08/cwt200.00–215.005835
SteersMedium and Large 1—575166.47/cwt160.00–175.009574
SteersMedium and Large 1—327203.03/cwt200.00–215.006645
BullsMedium and Large 1—840134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1261
BullsMedium and Large 1—368200.62/cwt199.00–206.007388
BullsMedium and Large 1—523164.27/cwt155.00–174.008598
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—825139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,14738
BullsMedium and Large 1—467183.46/cwt173.00–192.0085715
BullsMedium and Large 1—628156.68/cwt151.00–160.009844
CowsLean 85-90%—85854.54/cwt45.00–64.004689
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07978.39/cwt75.00–85.0084614
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07270.29/cwt60.00–76.0075433
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39067.42/cwt65.00–70.009372
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30375.13/cwt70.00–86.0097921
Bulls——1,68597.92/cwt95.00–100.001,6505
Bulls——1,470106.71/cwt105.00–108.001,5692
Bulls——1,29885.48/cwt75.00–94.001,1104
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-3—791485.94/head450.00–550.004864
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—808781.78/head655.00–900.007826
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0361,096.25/head525.00–1,300.001,09616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9511,075.98/head700.00–1,325.001,0767
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0031,039.46/head700.00–1,300.001,03914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98572.00/cwt72.00–72.007091
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—888664.02/head600.00–775.006643
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01577.00/cwt77.00–77.007821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,157951.86/head855.00–1,100.009526
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—942870.57/head825.00–925.008715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,46065.00/cwt65.00–65.009491
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—685350.00/head350.00–350.003501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16075.00/cwt75.00–75.008701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,285.00/head1,285.00–1,285.001,2851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,29083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,018801.84/head750.00–850.008022
BullsMedium and Large 2—367172.72/cwt140.00–190.006349
BullsMedium and Large 2—480168.04/cwt160.00–174.008075
BullsMedium and Large 2—530152.99/cwt148.00–160.008116
BullsMedium and Large 2—212155.94/cwt140.00–185.003313
BullsMedium and Large 2—855112.00/cwt112.00–112.009581
BullsMedium and Large 2—285180.48/cwt180.00–181.005142
BullsMedium and Large 1—723141.95/cwt135.00–145.001,0264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418168.38/cwt160.00–172.0070422
BullsMedium and Large 2—428163.10/cwt150.00–180.006986
BullsMedium and Large 2—319171.67/cwt160.00–190.005489
BullsMedium and Large 2—185160.00/cwt160.00–160.002961
BullsMedium and Large 1—755138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523157.55/cwt150.00–166.0082413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1—580164.87/cwt160.00–170.009562
BullsMedium and Large 1—325200.34/cwt195.00–210.0065113
BullsMedium and Large 1—414201.49/cwt195.00–207.008347
BullsMedium and Large 1—274185.04/cwt180.00–192.005076
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467167.07/cwt156.00–173.0078017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375150.30/cwt135.00–160.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555146.49/cwt145.00–148.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470149.20/cwt140.00–159.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312150.05/cwt140.00–160.004683
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—455176.00/cwt176.00–176.008014

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.