Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2024-07-29

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 29
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
629 head
▼ 391 vs last sale 1,020▼ 12 vs year ago 641 · −1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 193▼ 72 vs year ago 153 · −47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 161▼ 50 vs year ago 103 · −48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold higher $2-6. Heifers sold steady to higher $6. Bulls sold higher $4-10. Slaughter cows sold steady to higher $3. Bulls sold lower $1-3.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.03/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −119.77 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.
Average price
$258.03
55 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.31
vs MS average
−0.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566263.571,4927thin
Medium and Large 1536259.361,39133
Medium and Large 2531252.511,34015thin
One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $152 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 sale55 hd
258.03
—
MS average12 barns · 299 hd
245.72
+12.31
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−0.43
This barn, trailing median34 sales
377.80
−119.77
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—Average1,509149.532,25623
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,205133.841,61339
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,615128.002,0671thin
CowsLean 85-90%High924109.871,01511

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)1,240$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,093$1,8706
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,182$1,7215
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$1,71910
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,033$1,6905
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)718$2,0022thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)831$1,8987
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)710$8001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)885$1,2802thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)775$1,0501thin

Every lot

106 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2183342.40/cwt335.00–350.006272
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270369.63/cwt365.00–375.009982
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270235.00/cwt235.00–235.006351
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330349.00/cwt348.00–350.001,1522
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2242
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372304.98/cwt300.00–315.001,1353
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382329.45/cwt320.00–345.001,2586
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419326.61/cwt320.00–340.001,3686
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441280.82/cwt250.00–300.001,2387
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473303.33/cwt295.00–316.001,43512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477281.66/cwt272.00–289.001,3445
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,4903
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5396
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515277.20/cwt257.00–285.001,4286
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516300.97/cwt295.00–308.001,5537
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574283.79/cwt276.00–297.001,62911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583269.49/cwt269.00–270.001,5712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6706
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,69012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620260.12/cwt255.00–265.001,6132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624276.67/cwt270.00–287.001,7268
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668227.55/cwt225.00–230.001,5202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8306
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708237.37/cwt225.00–250.001,6812
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,7852
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1145340.00/cwt340.00–340.004931
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220345.34/cwt340.00–350.007602
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225300.02/cwt275.00–320.006753
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283314.30/cwt300.00–325.008895
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293262.82/cwt225.00–300.007702
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319277.28/cwt225.00–300.008858
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321316.99/cwt310.00–330.001,01812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361298.98/cwt290.00–310.001,07919
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376271.35/cwt235.00–290.001,02018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419285.64/cwt275.00–300.001,19718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419262.79/cwt235.00–275.001,10114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468274.82/cwt262.00–288.001,28623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474253.91/cwt240.00–270.001,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521264.15/cwt250.00–275.001,37623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525256.37/cwt210.00–272.001,34613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4253
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568227.40/cwt220.00–235.001,2922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572248.34/cwt240.00–258.001,42110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613242.09/cwt235.00–250.001,4849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615216.35/cwt204.00–225.001,3313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628260.84/cwt260.00–262.001,63812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665229.82/cwt220.00–240.001,5284
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6138
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,72314
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730217.54/cwt200.00–230.001,5884
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8587
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 2130235.00/cwt235.00–235.003061
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240365.00/cwt365.00–365.008761
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1266367.58/cwt350.00–375.009784
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268328.57/cwt290.00–365.008813
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324355.84/cwt345.00–375.001,1537
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326321.14/cwt300.00–340.001,0478
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373326.85/cwt315.00–345.001,21910
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378301.68/cwt250.00–328.001,1404
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415308.46/cwt300.00–318.001,28013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428283.42/cwt260.00–297.001,21316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470291.26/cwt282.00–305.001,36917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476273.74/cwt260.00–284.001,30310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514255.23/cwt214.00–280.001,3124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529280.08/cwt270.00–289.001,48219
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575274.56/cwt265.00–287.001,57914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575261.03/cwt260.00–262.001,5012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605222.50/cwt220.00–225.001,3462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616261.57/cwt250.00–274.001,6119
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676242.42/cwt238.00–252.001,6394
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685209.93/cwt200.00–220.001,4382
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728225.01/cwt220.00–230.001,6383
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6881
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4541
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3041
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,080122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3181
Bulls——1,348142.56/cwt133.00–148.001,9229
Bulls——1,598153.16/cwt150.00–157.002,4479
Bulls——1,776163.91/cwt160.00–170.002,9114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%853109.13/cwt102.00–114.009313
Cows—Lean 85-90%86594.55/cwt90.00–99.008183
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001119.50/cwt118.00–120.001,1965
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154127.04/cwt125.00–129.001,46612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176134.04/cwt129.00–139.001,57618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,9009
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,0671
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28851,279.97/head1,275.00–1,285.001,2802
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,026164.15/cwt140.00–210.001,6847
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0331,690.34/head1,375.00–2,075.001,6905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0931,870.31/head1,450.00–2,250.001,8706
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1431,719.38/head1,000.00–2,300.001,71910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1821,720.62/head1,350.00–1,825.001,7215
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,350125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-34851,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-3710800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27182,001.74/head1,900.00–2,100.002,0022
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28532,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29062,045.72/head1,625.00–2,700.002,0464

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.