Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2026-07-20

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 20
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
530 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 871▼ 116 vs year ago 646 · −18.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 161▼ 61 vs year ago 155 · −39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 58▼ 108 vs year ago 128 · −84.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Feeder heifer sold 30.00 to 40.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold 15.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.55/cwt on 17 head, down $54.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −16.83 against this barn's trailing median of $379.39.
Average price
$362.55
▼ 54.94 vs prior sale
17 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.27
vs MS average
−13.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543377.462,0508thin
Medium and Large 1-2573353.832,0293thin
Medium and Large 2545347.041,8916thin
One grade step is worth $30.43/cwt here — about $159 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
362.55
—
MS average14 barns · 231 hd
371.83
−9.27
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
−13.26
This barn, trailing median33 sales
379.39
−16.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
457405353301median 379.3903/0204/2706/2208/2410/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.91, low $315.08, median $379.39 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,587216.833,4407thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,074177.571,90745
CowsLean 85-90%Average943142.611,3456thin

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)1,240$3,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$3,1422thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,133$2,3302thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$2,5001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)905$2,7501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)713$1,7252thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)783$1,6673thin

Every lot

104 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 2130507.00/cwt507.00–507.006591
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2150465.00/cwt465.00–465.006981
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,3391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3761
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340515.37/cwt490.00–540.001,7522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375506.10/cwt500.00–515.001,8984
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420462.74/cwt445.00–485.001,9443
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420449.52/cwt440.00–460.001,8882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1064
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473446.13/cwt435.00–465.002,1108
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475430.58/cwt405.00–475.002,0453
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523414.90/cwt400.00–430.002,1706
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533357.78/cwt322.00–385.001,9073
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566401.55/cwt392.00–420.002,2734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571380.49/cwt372.00–385.002,1734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,3137
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,34115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628367.71/cwt350.00–395.002,3094
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635343.44/cwt340.00–347.002,1812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715332.32/cwt325.00–342.002,3763
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4751
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,6911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,0191
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240350.00/cwt350.00–350.008401
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278466.51/cwt450.00–485.001,2974
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2279412.98/cwt370.00–465.001,1524
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy290505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322394.42/cwt355.00–425.001,2706
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328482.63/cwt480.00–485.001,5832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331453.03/cwt435.00–470.001,5007
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370413.28/cwt380.00–435.001,52916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371454.70/cwt440.00–475.001,68711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418392.51/cwt350.00–420.001,6415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419429.50/cwt410.00–445.001,80013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464411.45/cwt395.00–425.001,9099
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy468436.69/cwt430.00–440.002,0443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477361.19/cwt302.00–390.001,72312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524383.01/cwt370.00–395.002,0075
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9781
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535352.55/cwt350.00–355.001,8864
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565336.01/cwt335.00–337.001,8982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575368.22/cwt360.00–375.002,1173
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608350.36/cwt335.00–365.002,1305
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627322.87/cwt317.00–332.002,0243
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy635375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636353.03/cwt347.50–366.002,24539
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6901
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657368.18/cwt346.00–380.002,41915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0796
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663313.75/cwt300.00–327.002,0802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705312.59/cwt300.00–325.002,2042
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,3416
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778281.21/cwt277.50–285.002,1882
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,6501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1175532.21/cwt530.00–535.009312
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0581
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,2961
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280547.05/cwt535.00–565.001,5324
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290362.50/cwt250.00–475.001,0512
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318527.56/cwt510.00–545.001,6786
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325478.13/cwt415.00–510.001,55414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372519.28/cwt500.00–540.001,9329
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376470.67/cwt425.00–495.001,77016
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409518.75/cwt510.00–525.002,1224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420450.73/cwt370.00–480.001,89322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472423.32/cwt400.00–440.001,99813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475412.46/cwt380.00–435.001,9594
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521409.96/cwt395.00–425.002,13610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522377.16/cwt355.00–390.001,9695
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1794
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560384.89/cwt365.00–410.002,1555
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576339.64/cwt327.00–347.001,9567
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623346.37/cwt330.00–365.002,1588
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0941
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,15911
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672324.57/cwt310.00–347.002,1815
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710309.86/cwt300.00–320.002,2003
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3536
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2571
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0241
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,090220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,486221.15/cwt212.00–225.003,2865
Bulls——1,838206.02/cwt204.00–208.003,7872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%740124.00/cwt124.00–124.009181
Cows—Lean 85-90%943144.66/cwt140.00–152.001,3644
Cows—Boner 80-85%945167.85/cwt165.00–170.001,58611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,089186.96/cwt184.00–194.002,03615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137175.79/cwt171.00–183.001,99919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,7521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1332,330.02/head2,000.00–2,650.002,3302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2403,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,290181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3903,141.86/head2,600.00–3,575.003,1422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,400170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-26751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-37502,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-37831,666.60/head1,500.00–1,900.001,6673
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4081
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29052,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501

This sale against other markets

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.