Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2026-03-09

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 9
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
318 vs last sale 781 463 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
45 vs last sale 139 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
232 vs last sale 300 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Feeder bulls sold 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to higher $2. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.39/cwt on 59 head, up $3.19 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 31 comparable sales and sits 10.55 against this barn's trailing median of $389.94.
Average price
$379.39
3.19 vs prior sale
59 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.63
vs MS average
34.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543389.982,11825
Medium and Large 1-2535380.002,03315thin
Medium and Large 2534364.971,94819thin
One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about $170 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 sale59 hd
379.39
MS average14 barns · 191 hd
387.02
−7.63
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−34.39
This barn, trailing median31 sales
389.94
−10.55
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
BullsAverage1,597195.603,1245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170164.661,92635
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600159.642,5543thin
CowsLean 85-90%High934136.621,27519

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)1,020$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)998$2,4556
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)700$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)985$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,013$1,9002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,014$1,7963thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,025$1,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)775$2,5001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,140$3,8001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,195$2,9132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)860$3,8502thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,325$3,6501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$3,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$3,2594thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)765$2,9003thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)842$2,0316

Every lot, as filed

115 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 2500–550523371.37/cwt345.00–395.001,94214
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350329538.73/cwt515.00–550.001,7724
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522447.75/cwt435.00–465.002,33711
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471473.50/cwt465.00–490.002,2304
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323456.66/cwt445.00–477.001,4758
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516410.76/cwt400.00–430.002,12012
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350334427.13/cwt400.00–445.001,4274
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665358.33/cwt350.00–375.002,3833
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270472.59/cwt450.00–510.001,2763
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478378.77/cwt300.00–400.001,81113
HeifersMedium and Large 2150–200155350.00/cwt350.00–350.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568370.80/cwt360.00–390.002,10613
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273487.64/cwt475.00–500.001,3314
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225493.17/cwt485.00–500.001,1102
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733305.81/cwt297.50–320.002,2423
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420437.86/cwt420.00–455.001,83914
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474423.69/cwt410.00–445.002,0089
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200160520.00/cwt520.00–520.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4481
HeifersMedium and Large 2100–150135449.35/cwt410.00–495.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750705295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372450.66/cwt430.00–465.001,67613
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800790250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550535380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,03315
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625350.00/cwt345.00–355.002,1882
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600564347.05/cwt325.00–355.001,9575
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000960230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250219524.80/cwt510.00–550.001,1494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400388473.00/cwt473.00–473.001,83510
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,0511
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250223627.36/cwt625.00–630.001,3992
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400367521.70/cwt520.00–525.001,9153
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0701
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633381.64/cwt370.00–400.002,4163
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,030245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,5241
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585417.54/cwt400.00–430.002,4434
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600577374.18/cwt365.00–385.002,1596
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900850325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added250–300299550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6454
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721338.78/cwt325.00–345.002,4434
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420489.05/cwt470.00–510.002,0542
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273532.43/cwt525.00–540.001,4542
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550517404.81/cwt350.00–430.002,0937
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350305490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4951
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450436435.50/cwt400.00–480.001,8996
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300287488.78/cwt450.00–540.001,4033
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610355.04/cwt350.00–360.002,1662
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400370480.00/cwt475.00–485.001,7763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550510425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1683
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1941
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568362.37/cwt350.00–375.002,0584
BullsMedium and Large 2150–200175430.00/cwt430.00–430.007531
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400371466.51/cwt425.00–520.001,73124
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450432419.07/cwt375.00–455.001,81015
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500469398.91/cwt375.00–430.001,8715
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,138154.14/cwt148.00–159.001,7548
CowsBoner 80-85%1,207174.50/cwt172.00–178.002,1068
CowsBoner 80-85%1,167164.94/cwt160.00–170.001,92519
CowsLean 85-90%1,036149.01/cwt147.00–150.001,5444
CowsLean 85-90%961139.09/cwt134.00–145.001,33710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600159.64/cwt155.00–164.002,5543
CowsLean 85-90%797121.75/cwt118.00–130.009705
Bulls1,597195.60/cwt190.00–200.003,1245
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-25651,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29653,867.36/head2,850.00–4,500.003,8672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3253,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29853,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0353,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1682,069.16/head1,750.00–2,300.002,0692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-27002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2975195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28802,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-36352,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0712,721.65/head1,950.00–3,000.002,7224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38531,923.02/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9232
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28422,030.59/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0202,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27752,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-37051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-37803,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300286485.42/cwt400.00–530.001,3886
BullsMedium and Large 150–10095860.00/cwt860.00–860.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670339.93/cwt335.00–345.002,2782
HeifersMedium and Large 1100–150105830.00/cwt830.00–830.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380405.25/cwt325.00–480.001,5408
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428397.29/cwt355.00–425.001,7008
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310536.10/cwt515.00–550.001,6625
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850800217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,7401
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250210470.95/cwt450.00–490.009892
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326502.57/cwt480.00–515.001,6387
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515367.80/cwt350.00–405.001,8943
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270546.74/cwt530.00–560.001,4764
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624364.91/cwt350.00–380.002,2775
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500469443.93/cwt430.00–465.002,08211
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3081
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3121
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600573389.90/cwt370.00–405.002,23410
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363512.34/cwt500.00–535.001,8606
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235644.79/cwt640.00–650.001,5152
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415489.66/cwt475.00–500.002,03215
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800770309.91/cwt300.00–320.002,3863
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250232511.73/cwt450.00–570.001,1873
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550516427.48/cwt415.00–440.002,20610
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1403,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1952,912.97/head2,800.00–3,000.002,9132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28753,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28453,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001

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.