Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2024-08-19

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 19
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,005 head
251 vs last sale 754 258 vs year ago 747 · +34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
278 head
92 vs last sale 186 142 vs year ago 136 · +104.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
167 head
115 vs last sale 52 138 vs year ago 29 · +475.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed, higher $9 to lower $5: calves under 500 lbs being higher. Heifers sold steady to higher $4. Bull calves trended like the steers. Slaughter cows sold lower $2-4. Bulls sold steady to lower $2.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.29/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 152.65 against this barn's trailing median of $389.94.
Average price
$237.29
47 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.95
vs MS average
7.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539240.651,29721
Medium and Large 1-2539235.611,27023
Medium and Large 2542226.741,2293thin
One grade step is worth $13.91/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 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 sale47 hd
237.29
MS average13 barns · 291 hd
236.34
+0.95
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−7.12
This barn, trailing median31 sales
389.94
−152.65
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
BullsHigh1,572162.522,55428
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,209136.421,649121
CowsLean 85-90%Low991117.051,16056

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)1,310$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,88025
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,8023thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,013$1,7437
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,046$1,67114
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,084$1,5304thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)934$1,5188
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)855$1,0001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,545$2,9001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,133$3,2002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$2,3752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)998$2,25914
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)750$2,25314
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)853$1,23314
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)770$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

132 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 1-2Value Added600–650600232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,20310
HeifersMedium and Large 2150–200195300.00/cwt300.00–300.005852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550513250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2832
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5981
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710215.07/cwt210.00–220.001,5272
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322371.88/cwt357.00–380.001,1976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600599227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3606
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330270.96/cwt225.00–300.0089411
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425249.65/cwt210.00–258.001,06115
HeifersMedium and Large 2100–150145230.00/cwt230.00–230.003341
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374272.66/cwt230.00–295.001,02023
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5441
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600563215.11/cwt210.00–220.001,2112
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250225299.46/cwt280.00–314.006745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500464252.18/cwt250.00–254.001,17011
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469242.78/cwt230.00–255.001,1397
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632220.67/cwt212.00–230.001,3953
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300267320.73/cwt304.00–330.0085611
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518247.38/cwt240.00–255.001,28112
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2807
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4492
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,015160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6241
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200158342.46/cwt340.00–345.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950908168.74/cwt165.00–172.501,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250219330.50/cwt322.00–345.007247
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900868178.77/cwt177.50–180.001,5522
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300269286.46/cwt260.00–320.007718
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567231.67/cwt220.00–240.001,3149
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400358307.88/cwt300.00–326.001,1028
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413265.78/cwt260.00–285.001,09812
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318319.53/cwt304.00–329.001,01613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600584276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,61218
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300281389.34/cwt385.00–400.001,0948
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667234.85/cwt220.00–255.001,5663
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250227393.24/cwt390.00–395.008933
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524272.28/cwt260.00–280.001,4279
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419308.69/cwt300.00–316.001,2939
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377320.06/cwt304.00–325.001,2078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850845227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,31111
SteersMedium and Large 1150–200182381.70/cwt370.00–390.006953
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558273.00/cwt272.00–274.001,5232
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471294.29/cwt290.00–300.001,3867
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400370290.73/cwt255.00–325.001,0767
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470265.41/cwt250.00–274.001,2473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625263.20/cwt259.00–270.001,64526
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350334328.06/cwt290.00–355.001,0966
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250230300.00/cwt300.00–300.006902
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300285336.05/cwt310.00–375.009583
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0681
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600563256.69/cwt250.00–260.001,4453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5163
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550505257.62/cwt245.00–270.001,3012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2874
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450408272.42/cwt260.00–285.001,1112
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500484256.93/cwt245.00–260.001,2445
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250233335.34/cwt300.00–375.007815
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618213.37/cwt200.00–230.001,3193
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750745170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2671
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700660210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3861
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%92199.41/cwt80.00–108.009168
CowsBoner 80-85%1,156129.05/cwt124.00–132.001,49231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,267144.13/cwt142.00–148.001,82622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214137.28/cwt132.00–142.001,66768
CowsLean 85-90%1,042122.73/cwt120.00–129.001,27930
CowsLean 85-90%936115.43/cwt112.00–119.001,08018
Bulls1,713172.35/cwt170.00–176.002,9528
Bulls1,192146.01/cwt139.00–150.001,7403
Bulls1,632162.37/cwt157.00–167.002,65015
Bulls1,123149.03/cwt148.00–150.001,6742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,928.29/head1,750.00–2,200.001,9283
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-38502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-26992,150.36/head1,950.00–2,350.002,1508
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1333,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-27762,663.04/head2,100.00–3,400.002,6634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0131,742.52/head1,500.00–2,250.001,7437
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,141133.82/cwt125.00–140.001,5277
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,164137.85/cwt130.00–144.001,6059
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,252135.34/cwt125.00–140.001,69417
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,380139.50/cwt138.00–141.001,9252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,228143.98/cwt135.00–150.001,7686
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2720176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0461,670.75/head1,085.00–2,050.001,67114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28551,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3102,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,801.65/head1,750.00–1,850.001,8023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,880.14/head1,300.00–2,400.001,88025
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28471,200.76/head750.00–1,500.001,20113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2748172.78/cwt170.00–175.001,2923
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-39351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29341,517.84/head1,000.00–1,850.001,5188
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472255.47/cwt250.00–275.001,20616
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750718201.66/cwt200.00–202.501,4483
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431269.38/cwt252.00–280.001,1615
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525253.88/cwt240.00–262.001,33312
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300285326.58/cwt275.00–380.009312
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265389.96/cwt385.00–400.001,0337
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350322318.78/cwt264.00–362.001,02615
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380290.78/cwt250.00–345.001,10519
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650613240.32/cwt236.00–245.001,4733
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800758208.96/cwt205.00–213.001,5842
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420296.92/cwt287.00–308.001,24711
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250238385.67/cwt380.00–390.009184
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350328366.09/cwt360.00–375.001,2014
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672226.15/cwt216.00–239.001,5207
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500466272.79/cwt250.00–287.001,27111
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950940180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6922
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400362318.41/cwt307.00–334.001,1535
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600577241.95/cwt225.00–257.001,39615
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850813186.19/cwt180.00–192.501,5142
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200170380.00/cwt380.00–380.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900880180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5841
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5452,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0142,268.68/head1,500.00–2,600.002,2694
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29412,418.82/head1,975.00–3,000.002,4196
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29031,842.24/head1,450.00–2,250.001,8422
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29102,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-27701,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0841,529.64/head1,275.00–1,700.001,5304

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.