Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2020-04-06

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 6
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 216 vs last sale 283▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 135▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough volume to call a trend for feeder steers. Feeder heifers were 6.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 16.00 lower. One group of 12 steers weighing 700 lbs brought $126.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.19/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −62.10 against this barn's trailing median of $200.29.
Average price
$138.19
21 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.57
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423147.536247thin
Medium and Large 2395133.5252814thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
138.19
—
MS average10 barns · 222 hd
116.62
+21.57
This barn, trailing median23 sales
200.29
−62.10
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 0–100 lb

23 sales
226201176151median 200.2903/0204/1306/0108/1010/26
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $212.19, low $165.12, median $200.29 across 23 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—Average1,56376.461,1959thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22750.396186thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14448.365536thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1470142.00/cwt142.00–142.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1518129.43/cwt124.00–132.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700126.00/cwt126.00–126.0088212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225114.00/cwt114.00–114.002571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280106.00/cwt106.00–106.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290120.00/cwt120.00–120.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315122.48/cwt121.00–124.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365117.45/cwt115.00–120.004294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393125.50/cwt125.00–126.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408123.52/cwt120.00–127.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1210170.00/cwt170.00–170.003571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230147.83/cwt140.00–155.003402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2263150.49/cwt150.00–151.003962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365166.00/cwt166.00–166.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375144.15/cwt136.00–152.005414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411149.17/cwt140.00–164.006134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443125.03/cwt120.00–130.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500116.00/cwt116.00–116.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 275580.00/cwt80.00–80.006041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,56376.46/cwt72.50–81.501,1959
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14448.36/cwt47.00–50.005536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22750.39/cwt48.00–53.006186
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7471,541.58/cwt1,500.00–1,600.0026,9313
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990812.12/cwt775.00–850.008,0402

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.