Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2024-07-15

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 15
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,087 head
45 vs last sale 1,042 351 vs year ago 736 · +47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
33 vs last sale 191 56 vs year ago 168 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
149 head
95 vs last sale 54 54 vs year ago 95 · +56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed higher $5 to lower $4. Heifers sold lower $4-7. Slaughter cows sold lower $5-6. Bull sold steady to lower $3.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.07/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 132.87 against this barn's trailing median of $389.94.
Average price
$257.07
56 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs MS average
0.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537261.411,40421
Medium and Large 1-2552258.011,42324
Medium and Large 2524246.731,29311thin
One grade step is worth $14.69/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
457412367323median 389.9401/0503/0204/2706/2208/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.91, low $336.64, median $389.94 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
257.07
MS average13 barns · 320 hd
252.23
+4.84
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−0.73
This barn, trailing median31 sales
389.94
−132.87
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
BullsHigh1,494164.292,45524
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,135135.791,54198
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,445126.611,8302thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average982120.521,18445

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,078$2,1592thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,066$2,04811
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,161$1,95620
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,097$1,7019
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,052$1,64010
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,042$1,62241
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,148$1,5532thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,063$1,4534thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,047$1,3603thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,618$3,1922thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,026$1,9649
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,8752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,065$1,6493thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)859$1,1387
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)653$7632thin

Every lot, as filed

126 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6651
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250227297.89/cwt270.00–310.006766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,49910
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419287.08/cwt270.00–301.001,20325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350330335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,10621
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423319.55/cwt310.00–327.001,35214
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653276.00/cwt275.00–277.001,8022
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512290.07/cwt280.00–300.001,4853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524260.87/cwt260.00–263.001,36714
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500466267.39/cwt260.00–275.001,2464
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367307.30/cwt300.00–322.001,12821
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800767208.98/cwt205.00–212.001,6033
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716218.73/cwt215.00–220.001,5664
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572252.63/cwt240.00–262.001,4456
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674221.64/cwt217.00–235.001,4947
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468264.42/cwt260.00–280.001,2379
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,15610
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520259.53/cwt250.00–270.001,35013
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622238.09/cwt230.00–247.001,48110
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300282330.37/cwt320.00–345.0093213
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950930177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6511
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323330.79/cwt320.00–345.001,06816
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200173334.81/cwt325.00–340.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825194.94/cwt190.00–200.001,6082
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000970160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5521
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373277.57/cwt250.00–305.001,03514
HeifersMedium and Large 21000–10501,020175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 2150–200163308.08/cwt300.00–315.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250232333.13/cwt320.00–350.007735
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300268312.64/cwt310.00–318.008385
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250231372.78/cwt355.00–380.008614
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725236.60/cwt220.00–250.001,7153
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466313.17/cwt300.00–320.001,4599
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350316350.81/cwt340.00–365.001,1097
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300265360.55/cwt350.00–375.009555
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576290.00/cwt285.00–300.001,6704
SteersMedium and Large 1150–200190350.00/cwt350.00–350.006651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,77410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,69210
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600573267.41/cwt260.00–275.001,5324
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620271.88/cwt257.00–285.001,6866
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400369334.70/cwt325.00–350.001,2355
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680249.78/cwt240.00–260.001,6992
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380308.38/cwt260.00–330.001,17213
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350328325.03/cwt300.00–345.001,0667
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515277.26/cwt265.00–290.001,4282
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290327.63/cwt320.00–335.009502
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5431
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250228331.02/cwt315.00–350.007554
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500467284.65/cwt275.00–300.001,3293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650629293.55/cwt293.00–295.001,84625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350337365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,23022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550517304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,5729
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450426286.81/cwt275.00–302.001,2225
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850803169.05/cwt153.00–185.001,3572
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750707233.66/cwt230.00–240.001,6523
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650612234.49/cwt220.00–248.001,4353
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550526273.33/cwt267.00–280.001,4389
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950920150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3801
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850800155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2401
CowsLean 85-90%922115.66/cwt112.00–119.001,06613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445126.61/cwt121.00–132.001,8302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214144.15/cwt140.00–154.001,75026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,113135.35/cwt130.00–140.001,50648
CowsBoner 80-85%1,093127.63/cwt120.00–130.001,39524
CowsLean 85-90%923104.55/cwt100.00–108.009654
CowsLean 85-90%1,019125.06/cwt120.00–130.001,27428
Bulls1,664176.30/cwt174.00–180.002,9348
Bulls1,480167.98/cwt160.00–173.002,48612
Bulls1,400120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6801
Bulls1,230100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2301
Bulls1,080148.41/cwt137.00–159.001,6032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0521,640.22/head1,250.00–2,000.001,64010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0631,453.19/head900.00–1,750.001,4534
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085134.67/cwt130.00–139.001,4612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0431,907.53/head1,500.00–2,300.001,9085
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29401,928.63/head1,750.00–2,100.001,9293
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0471,360.19/head1,150.00–1,550.001,3603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0971,701.14/head1,350.00–2,600.001,7019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1832,006.18/head1,385.00–2,350.002,00619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0782,158.93/head1,750.00–2,500.002,1592
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-27351,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1481,552.51/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5532
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2695600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28591,138.38/head1,000.00–1,175.001,1387
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2840125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2610925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0662,047.74/head1,500.00–2,550.002,04811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0421,622.44/head1,200.00–2,000.001,62241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,722.80/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7232
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-27251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,6183,191.65/head2,500.00–3,750.003,1922
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500459301.35/cwt290.00–315.001,3838
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600554264.00/cwt255.00–270.001,4637
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273353.90/cwt350.00–370.009666
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250233351.11/cwt340.00–365.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950905162.49/cwt160.00–165.001,4712
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5981
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423308.42/cwt297.00–320.001,30513
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370323.24/cwt318.00–340.001,19611
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324346.07/cwt335.00–360.001,12110
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200195370.00/cwt370.00–370.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900870145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2621
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600558243.53/cwt227.50–260.001,3592
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500482280.51/cwt270.00–295.001,35211
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385315.21/cwt300.00–340.001,2146
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550524253.87/cwt225.00–280.001,3305
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433285.99/cwt285.00–290.001,2385
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450420375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fancy500–550510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350328319.25/cwt280.00–345.001,04711
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300266312.79/cwt275.00–340.008324
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615215.12/cwt200.00–230.001,3232
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350329299.37/cwt285.00–314.0098511
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550519248.22/cwt242.00–250.001,2889
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423266.53/cwt260.00–285.001,1276

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.