Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2024-12-02

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 2
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,181 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 1,008▲ 271 vs year ago 910 · +29.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 166▲ 31 vs year ago 133 · +23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 133▲ 32 vs year ago 25 · +128.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to before the Thanksgiving break steers sold higher $10-15, $25 in spots. Heifers sold higher $7-12, higher in spots. Bull calves sold higher $8-13, $20 in spots. Slaughter cows sold higher $4-7. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.99/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.69 against this barn's trailing median of $416.67.
Average price
$285.99
104 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$36.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.32
vs MS average
−39.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548288.971,58391
Medium and Large 1555280.161,5566thin
Medium and Large 2550252.221,3887thin
One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about $195 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 sale104 hd
285.99
—
MS average6 barns · 228 hd
289.30
−3.32
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−39.38
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.67
−130.69
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
493441388335median 416.6703/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.36, low $349.23, median $416.67 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—Average1,545137.072,11829
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,251115.981,45248
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,768107.001,8922thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04093.1996929

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)1,121$1,97910
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$1,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,79011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,004$1,4315
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,3662thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)808$1,3636
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,023$1,3252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$1,2132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)940$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)970$1,5001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,355$2,2052thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,290$2,0501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)865$1,2501thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1135400.00/cwt400.00–400.005401
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2218335.00/cwt320.00–345.007303
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230395.11/cwt390.00–400.009092
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268384.11/cwt375.00–400.001,0296
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2279310.59/cwt235.00–350.008675
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318378.85/cwt365.00–400.001,2057
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320318.25/cwt250.00–350.001,01812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372369.70/cwt350.00–385.001,3755
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377315.39/cwt285.00–340.001,18910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417328.16/cwt316.00–340.001,3686
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421293.06/cwt260.00–300.001,23414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463310.15/cwt300.00–318.001,4366
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471276.49/cwt255.00–290.001,3027
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528286.93/cwt284.00–290.001,5152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530251.22/cwt235.00–269.001,3314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546289.60/cwt270.00–291.251,58185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569276.77/cwt270.00–282.001,5754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6046
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577253.55/cwt240.00–270.001,4633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4161
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620246.56/cwt230.00–260.001,5296
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655251.00/cwt240.00–262.001,6442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,86839
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8339
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7891
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,0929
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added911235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,1458
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1120300.00/cwt300.00–300.003601
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2185260.00/cwt260.00–260.004811
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1190326.20/cwt315.00–338.006202
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1231319.48/cwt305.00–330.007387
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235296.20/cwt290.00–300.006964
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267284.80/cwt250.00–314.0076010
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271326.51/cwt318.00–340.008856
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315308.68/cwt300.00–325.0097222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329269.13/cwt235.00–289.0088514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy370310.63/cwt308.00–312.001,1493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372295.28/cwt285.00–300.001,09814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375261.97/cwt245.00–285.0098211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy407302.53/cwt300.00–305.001,2313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422266.66/cwt255.00–290.001,12527
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428250.76/cwt225.00–266.001,07313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2263
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465247.45/cwt245.00–250.001,1512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470258.40/cwt250.00–275.001,21413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514234.83/cwt210.00–254.001,2075
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521249.03/cwt240.00–260.001,29723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572241.35/cwt230.00–245.001,38111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616233.85/cwt230.00–240.001,4416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681224.94/cwt210.00–230.001,5324
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710220.25/cwt218.00–223.001,5644
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7048
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778216.06/cwt212.00–220.001,6812
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910159.89/cwt140.00–180.001,4552
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls0–50Medium and Large 130325.00/cwt325.00–325.00981
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 2140300.00/cwt300.00–300.004201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210385.00/cwt385.00–385.008091
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279386.82/cwt370.00–400.001,0798
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008702
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314362.61/cwt340.00–385.001,1398
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325293.07/cwt250.00–335.009529
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374342.99/cwt325.00–370.001,28311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374301.98/cwt285.00–330.001,1299
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421308.79/cwt300.00–325.001,3009
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435284.16/cwt270.00–292.001,2364
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464305.71/cwt295.00–326.001,4185
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468274.96/cwt235.00–300.001,2879
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510269.00/cwt268.00–270.001,3722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523265.38/cwt257.00–275.001,38816
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566249.38/cwt230.00–259.001,4119
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621241.43/cwt230.00–249.001,4998
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658197.45/cwt185.00–210.001,2992
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668229.04/cwt220.00–239.001,5304
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715213.23/cwt200.00–228.001,5256
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1251
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1769200.81/cwt190.00–208.001,5444
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009841
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825197.48/cwt195.00–200.001,6292
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5283
Bulls——1,373115.17/cwt110.00–120.001,5812
Bulls——1,601139.34/cwt135.00–145.002,23123
Bulls——1,705150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01295.00/cwt90.00–100.0096116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01682.59/cwt75.00–89.008398
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114107.02/cwt104.00–110.001,1925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,166104.38/cwt103.00–105.001,2175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236115.05/cwt110.00–119.001,42230
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340121.59/cwt120.00–124.001,62913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,768107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8922
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,205.17/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-26901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-37101,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28311,385.29/head1,050.00–1,500.001,3855
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28751,365.71/head1,250.00–1,500.001,3662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39401,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29751,212.82/head800.00–1,500.001,2132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,040120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0781,532.60/head1,325.00–1,725.001,5334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,095110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1211,978.67/head1,500.00–2,400.001,97910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175120.06/cwt110.00–130.001,4114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,790.38/head1,400.00–2,000.001,79011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,315122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6041
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.