Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2025-03-03

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 3
● Final141 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,093 head
▲ 719 vs last sale 374▲ 465 vs year ago 628 · +74.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 108▲ 37 vs year ago 104 · +35.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 186 vs last sale 38▲ 177 vs year ago 47 · +376.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold lower $4-7. Heifers sold mixed, higher $10 to lower $7. Bull calves sold lower $5-9. Slaughter cows sold higher $2-5. Bulls sold lower $3-5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.77/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −90.02 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.
Average price
$287.77
101 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$48.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.72
vs MS average
−17.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526297.841,56867
Medium and Large 1545275.591,50224
Medium and Large 2557249.591,39110thin
One grade step is worth $48.25/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 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 sale101 hd
287.77
—
MS average13 barns · 358 hd
283.05
+4.72
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−17.25
This barn, trailing median34 sales
377.80
−90.02
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—Low1,552162.422,52017
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,138143.691,63563
CowsLean 85-90%Low968124.711,20815

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)1,061$2,3347
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,24511
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$2,0473thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,039$1,99929
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)956$1,95812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,065$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)987$1,6987
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)945$1,68811
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)880$1,5751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)974$1,55416
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)851$1,4447
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)965$1,1709
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)740$1,5001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,323$3,3682thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,010$2,2353thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)969$2,8287
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$2,65016
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,006$2,1256
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,103$2,0752thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)808$1,2995
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)732$1,1713thin

Every lot

141 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283424.69/cwt400.00–454.001,2024
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2962
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318434.72/cwt428.00–445.001,3823
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363404.67/cwt400.00–410.001,4693
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added381400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390355.00/cwt335.00–380.001,3853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424380.51/cwt370.00–416.001,6138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433346.37/cwt325.00–367.501,5002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477332.97/cwt320.00–342.501,5886
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516330.68/cwt325.00–350.001,7066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523293.54/cwt270.00–312.001,5353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6992
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584301.95/cwt300.00–308.001,7634
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610253.96/cwt250.00–260.001,5493
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631293.21/cwt280.00–300.001,8506
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674249.73/cwt235.00–265.001,6835
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726262.75/cwt259.00–270.001,9084
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761244.41/cwt240.00–250.001,8604
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3121
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823240.79/cwt230.00–255.001,9824
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860241.65/cwt235.00–250.002,0783
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930225.03/cwt220.00–230.002,0932
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1801
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1162371.91/cwt340.00–390.006023
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2170300.00/cwt300.00–300.005101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223311.15/cwt300.00–335.006945
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1233357.59/cwt350.00–375.008338
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263316.15/cwt295.00–340.008318
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273352.70/cwt337.50–360.0096315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323351.15/cwt335.00–362.001,13415
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325327.46/cwt325.00–330.001,0642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,3021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added359380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,36410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375352.70/cwt337.50–368.001,32313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377310.97/cwt300.00–332.501,17212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418337.07/cwt325.00–358.001,40918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424306.34/cwt275.00–320.001,29915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4509
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467318.06/cwt300.00–342.001,48517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475292.35/cwt280.00–318.001,38910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475252.21/cwt225.00–280.001,19810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519284.61/cwt268.00–295.001,47711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527299.83/cwt297.50–300.001,58058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541258.08/cwt240.00–266.001,3964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567267.95/cwt260.00–290.001,51913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568243.93/cwt235.00–258.001,3866
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613253.68/cwt250.00–264.001,5554
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623242.53/cwt230.00–256.001,5112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4083
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665241.60/cwt230.00–250.001,60729
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666248.99/cwt240.00–256.001,6584
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added699255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7828
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712236.94/cwt230.00–245.001,6873
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7751
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8201
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8006
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1135425.00/cwt425.00–425.005741
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1172400.00/cwt400.00–400.006883
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1219402.08/cwt400.00–420.008819
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279438.71/cwt425.00–457.501,2248
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313420.11/cwt400.00–450.001,31512
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323354.48/cwt300.00–380.001,1456
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369359.82/cwt300.00–410.001,32811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372404.55/cwt400.00–416.001,50511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414381.21/cwt370.00–402.001,5788
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431340.22/cwt302.00–366.001,4666
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2456365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,66411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460353.79/cwt340.00–375.001,62711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478316.86/cwt295.00–337.501,5158
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508281.96/cwt279.00–285.001,4322
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577299.05/cwt285.00–308.001,7268
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590247.00/cwt244.00–250.001,4572
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612275.85/cwt268.00–292.001,6883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6711
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6451
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,78615
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8521
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9261
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,8281
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,228156.26/cwt150.00–160.001,9193
Bulls——1,310120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5721
Bulls——1,375154.52/cwt152.50–156.002,1252
Bulls——1,655166.60/cwt160.00–174.002,7579
Bulls——1,870181.97/cwt180.00–184.003,4032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%938124.43/cwt121.00–127.501,1678
Cows—Lean 85-90%965111.38/cwt110.00–113.001,0752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,008134.80/cwt130.00–139.001,35921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018130.50/cwt128.00–135.001,3285
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200157.82/cwt154.00–165.001,8949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203145.50/cwt140.00–153.001,75033
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,234.98/head2,150.00–2,400.002,2353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3233,367.86/head2,400.00–4,000.003,3682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows24 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-37381,464.58/head1,375.00–1,550.001,4652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38201,063.72/head900.00–1,200.001,0642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38331,359.46/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38401,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28631,595.64/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5965
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28801,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29152,047.45/head1,700.00–2,350.002,0473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,688.76/head1,400.00–1,900.001,68910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,169.59/head850.00–1,850.001,1709
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39701,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29901,764.87/head1,450.00–1,900.001,7656
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29941,581.38/head1,400.00–1,800.001,58114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29992,057.01/head1,700.00–2,400.002,05710
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010136.72/cwt134.00–139.001,3812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5231
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,033146.14/cwt135.00–155.001,5102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0372,008.14/head1,500.00–2,350.002,00828
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0612,334.38/head1,850.00–2,850.002,3347
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,090140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1051,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6281
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5931
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,244.94/head2,000.00–2,550.002,24511
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-37401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39101,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29151,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29692,828.13/head2,300.00–3,050.002,8287
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0592,715.27/head2,100.00–3,050.002,71513
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0952,462.73/head2,000.00–2,600.002,4634
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2952,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27321,171.01/head875.00–1,300.001,1713
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28081,298.73/head1,150.00–1,450.001,2995
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,047180.64/cwt167.00–187.001,8913
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9621

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.