Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2025-07-14

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 14
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
934 head
294 vs last sale 640 153 vs year ago 1,087 · 14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
26 vs last sale 139 111 vs year ago 224 · 49.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
60 vs last sale 89 120 vs year ago 149 · 80.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 8.00-15.00 higher. Heifer sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold 3.00-8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.47/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 73.47 against this barn's trailing median of $389.94.
Average price
$316.47
40 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.92
vs MS average
22.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558329.591,84017thin
Medium and Large 2532316.671,6853thin
Medium and Large 1544305.301,66020
One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale40 hd
316.47
MS average14 barns · 567 hd
321.39
−4.92
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−22.27
This barn, trailing median31 sales
389.94
−73.47
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
BullsLow1,691188.873,19415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,505170.762,5704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,151159.351,83434
CowsLean 85-90%Average945149.541,41425

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$2,5703thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,199$2,4955
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,098$2,4753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)802$1,4003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)730$1,1752thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)900$2,0751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)930$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,207$3,0703thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)675$1,9001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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 1750–800760292.13/cwt270.00–310.002,2203
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,66617
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550536334.82/cwt320.00–355.001,7956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550524349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,8296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500455357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,62411
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9381
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250240350.00/cwt350.00–350.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330328.03/cwt302.00–345.001,0826
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412406.78/cwt400.00–415.001,6763
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418300.44/cwt250.00–360.001,2569
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7051
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250213358.44/cwt350.00–370.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6742
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680270.04/cwt230.00–300.001,8364
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200180404.86/cwt400.00–410.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350324372.75/cwt350.00–385.001,20814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,84111
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468309.58/cwt280.00–330.001,4496
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522310.56/cwt300.00–325.001,62112
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376320.00/cwt280.00–375.001,2036
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372358.00/cwt340.00–370.001,33219
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300266378.32/cwt370.00–390.001,0068
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614294.89/cwt280.00–305.001,8115
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470334.64/cwt322.00–350.001,57312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250230242.00/cwt242.00–242.005574
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850825280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3101
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700674315.35/cwt302.00–332.002,1254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700694324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,2498
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550519297.76/cwt250.00–330.001,5455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595386.05/cwt381.00–388.752,29751
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558339.30/cwt327.00–352.001,8936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465388.47/cwt380.00–400.001,80614
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950935237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,2161
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400369404.97/cwt395.00–425.001,4944
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463382.85/cwt370.00–400.001,7734
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300273371.92/cwt360.00–385.001,0153
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625295.04/cwt290.00–300.001,8442
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483361.86/cwt350.00–375.001,7485
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450430367.18/cwt340.00–395.001,5792
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360432.53/cwt430.00–435.001,5572
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630313.58/cwt310.00–317.001,9762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650622374.62/cwt361.00–380.002,33024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800790305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,41312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700683346.66/cwt340.00–351.002,36818
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473341.51/cwt325.00–375.001,6159
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250230399.57/cwt362.50–440.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326407.10/cwt395.00–425.001,3274
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450431369.93/cwt330.00–405.001,59414
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800750257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9281
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515292.21/cwt262.00–315.001,5053
CowsLean 85-90%932156.78/cwt151.00–161.001,46112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,4011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,650185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430169.52/cwt168.00–171.002,4242
CowsLean 85-90%952133.85/cwt130.00–139.001,2745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,104152.12/cwt149.00–154.001,6798
CowsLean 85-90%961148.48/cwt145.00–150.001,4278
CowsBoner 80-85%1,165159.26/cwt155.00–164.001,85520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168169.31/cwt168.00–170.001,9786
Bulls1,845177.06/cwt175.00–179.003,2672
Bulls1,763200.54/cwt200.00–201.003,5362
Bulls1,650188.90/cwt185.00–195.003,11711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,280147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,8821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9271
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-3725146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0591
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,005145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3975154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0982,474.89/head1,650.00–3,050.002,4753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1992,495.45/head2,250.00–2,950.002,4955
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-26751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-27151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-27851,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,012175.21/cwt168.00–182.001,7733
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29002,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2053,104.98/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1052
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576297.40/cwt280.00–312.001,7138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650619327.32/cwt325.00–328.002,02627
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7371
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423351.48/cwt335.00–365.001,48718
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830237.78/cwt231.00–250.001,9743
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700673266.18/cwt250.00–282.001,7912
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600569307.88/cwt300.00–325.001,7528
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250200430.00/cwt430.00–430.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275353.91/cwt320.00–385.0097310
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800767260.80/cwt250.00–267.002,0003
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250222364.06/cwt350.00–385.008083
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300274443.25/cwt430.00–460.001,2156
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650616304.88/cwt295.00–325.001,8785
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366424.46/cwt412.00–440.001,55410
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723268.39/cwt265.00–272.001,9402
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900885252.06/cwt247.00–257.002,2312
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400379394.97/cwt350.00–405.001,4979
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463373.63/cwt357.00–385.001,73016
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521330.64/cwt320.00–350.001,7234
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0691
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450412404.54/cwt390.00–420.001,6679
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350322435.07/cwt420.00–445.001,40115
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950905260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3531
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-26751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2332,569.80/head2,000.00–2,950.002,5703
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29303,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.