Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2024-03-04

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 4
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
628 head
▼ 646 vs last sale 1,274▼ 360 vs year ago 988 · −36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 128▼ 19 vs year ago 123 · −15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 242▼ 67 vs year ago 114 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed: under 500 lbs sold higher $3-10. Steers under 500 lbs sold steady to lower $10. Heifers sold steady to higher $15. Slaughter cows sold steady to higher $4. Bulls sold higher $2-5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.34/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −132.46 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.
Average price
$245.34
64 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$33.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.38
vs MS average
−26.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504260.001,31011thin
Medium and Large 1540245.031,32445
Medium and Large 2538226.911,2208thin
One grade step is worth $33.09/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale64 hd
245.34
—
MS average7 barns · 182 hd
241.96
+3.38
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−26.57
This barn, trailing median34 sales
377.80
−132.46
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

34 sales
457405353301median 377.8003/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.91, low $315.08, median $377.80 across 34 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—Average1,495133.161,99117
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175114.451,34431
CowsLean 85-90%Average991100.3099421

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)898$1,4535
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$1,4416
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)765$1,3751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)972$1,3143thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)873$1,1686
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)895$1,0022thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)900$1,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)923$9922thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)790$9251thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,350$2,7001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,260$2,2603thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)762$9835
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)855$9001thin

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1202343.39/cwt325.00–355.006943
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265375.00/cwt375.00–375.009941
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322328.55/cwt320.00–335.001,0583
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328354.54/cwt345.00–365.001,1633
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374360.23/cwt340.00–380.001,34715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393321.76/cwt300.00–335.001,2653
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416347.14/cwt330.00–365.001,4447
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434300.76/cwt270.00–327.501,3055
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466333.86/cwt320.00–350.001,5566
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470304.93/cwt300.00–314.001,43312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,33110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518278.80/cwt270.00–285.001,4444
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521303.03/cwt300.00–310.001,5798
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564288.12/cwt280.00–300.001,6256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590272.52/cwt270.00–275.001,6082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606270.96/cwt267.00–272.001,64210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612281.28/cwt277.00–285.001,7213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8049
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8438
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8631
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added803230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8473
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8861
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868225.58/cwt220.00–230.001,9585
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215303.37/cwt290.00–315.006522
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240314.38/cwt305.00–326.007553
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2279293.95/cwt275.00–300.008204
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286324.01/cwt314.00–335.009275
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322322.57/cwt306.00–345.001,03913
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331279.89/cwt230.00–302.0092611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365303.16/cwt297.00–318.001,10713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373276.56/cwt260.00–300.001,03217
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423277.44/cwt270.00–300.001,17418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428262.38/cwt250.00–272.501,12310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469256.49/cwt240.00–271.001,2038
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473267.86/cwt260.00–285.001,26727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,31011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514235.93/cwt220.00–245.001,2135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519248.92/cwt240.00–260.001,29228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575238.63/cwt230.00–250.001,37217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577211.88/cwt175.00–235.001,2233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619230.40/cwt225.00–240.001,4267
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666228.49/cwt225.00–230.001,5226
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,4642
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009791
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5562
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2751
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200345.00/cwt345.00–345.006901
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255335.00/cwt335.00–335.008541
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278343.25/cwt320.00–360.009547
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320350.23/cwt340.00–365.001,1215
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320277.44/cwt250.00–345.008884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369354.78/cwt330.00–380.001,30910
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377301.84/cwt277.00–320.001,1383
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422332.20/cwt315.00–350.001,40212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425288.24/cwt245.00–345.001,2257
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469288.84/cwt275.00–315.001,35512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527275.28/cwt269.00–287.001,45110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571261.00/cwt250.00–277.001,4908
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619247.44/cwt235.00–255.001,5324
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657229.94/cwt220.00–235.001,5113
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678175.49/cwt125.00–200.001,1903
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1721203.59/cwt185.00–210.001,4684
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775175.13/cwt170.00–180.001,3572
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2791
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405130.51/cwt127.00–135.001,83412
Bulls——1,711139.52/cwt136.00–145.002,3875
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83574.78/cwt71.00–79.006242
Cows—Lean 85-90%99691.86/cwt88.00–97.009155
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012106.96/cwt99.00–118.001,08214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171113.43/cwt108.00–117.001,32824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182121.44/cwt119.00–125.001,4356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1791
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,200115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,260.32/head1,950.00–2,800.002,2603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2762983.01/head735.00–1,200.009835
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2803140.47/cwt130.00–150.001,1282
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2855900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2650575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27651,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2790925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28661,459.06/head1,200.00–1,600.001,4595
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28951,001.68/head900.00–1,100.001,0022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28981,453.45/head1,000.00–1,725.001,4535
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29181,286.55/head800.00–1,700.001,2875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2923991.78/head855.00–1,100.009922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29721,314.28/head1,050.00–1,475.001,3143
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2978108.31/cwt107.00–110.001,0592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2321
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,112120.61/cwt108.00–130.001,3413
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133113.93/cwt109.00–118.001,2912

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.