Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2025-05-05

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, May 5
● Final139 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
776 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 734▲ 249 vs year ago 527 · +47.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 147▲ 8 vs year ago 147 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 141▲ 172 vs year ago 151 · +113.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to higher $10. Heifers sold mostly higher $2-7. Bull calves sold steady to higher $5. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.79/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −62.01 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.
Average price
$315.79
70 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.23
vs MS average
−17.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541325.661,76030
Medium and Large 1-2547313.931,71827
Medium and Large 2545296.861,61713thin
One grade step is worth $28.80/cwt here — about $144 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 sale70 hd
315.79
—
MS average13 barns · 331 hd
306.56
+9.23
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−17.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
377.80
−62.01
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—Low1,600170.922,73422
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,189144.811,72243
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,496143.442,14611
CowsLean 85-90%Low918133.851,22927

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)1,193$2,66815
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,5928
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,164$2,56413
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,32925
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,022$2,1377
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)928$2,1273thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,7251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,048$1,5532thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)885$1,3501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,650$2,9752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,114$3,26113
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,041$3,23032
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,089$3,16647
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)882$2,2737
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$1,7022thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)832$1,5827

Every lot

139 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1135500.00/cwt500.00–500.006751
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1170496.18/cwt480.00–510.008443
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2205400.00/cwt400.00–400.008201
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218500.92/cwt490.00–515.001,0923
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270488.30/cwt475.00–500.001,3183
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311466.02/cwt435.00–500.001,4496
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320414.53/cwt400.00–445.001,3263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380373.59/cwt345.00–400.001,4202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387420.79/cwt414.00–430.001,6285
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420415.78/cwt400.00–435.001,7466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7982
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429383.20/cwt325.00–400.001,6446
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467387.13/cwt370.00–400.001,8085
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,75024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478357.56/cwt320.00–385.001,7096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490349.52/cwt335.00–375.001,71321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6691
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523363.35/cwt345.00–380.001,9004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568330.55/cwt318.00–340.001,8784
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583275.94/cwt250.00–292.001,6093
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608307.29/cwt300.00–320.501,86825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611311.47/cwt300.00–322.001,9034
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7091
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668306.67/cwt300.00–316.002,0496
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710280.38/cwt260.00–290.001,9914
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770268.50/cwt257.00–280.002,0672
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823264.95/cwt260.00–270.002,1812
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,2261
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,2651
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0901
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1120475.00/cwt475.00–475.005701
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1175520.00/cwt520.00–520.009101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1207484.84/cwt465.00–500.001,0043
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2232403.49/cwt350.00–435.009365
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282456.24/cwt445.00–475.001,2873
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321361.90/cwt300.00–400.001,1626
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328398.83/cwt375.00–440.001,30811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363379.20/cwt365.00–390.001,3768
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375345.61/cwt305.00–375.001,29611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418354.68/cwt350.00–382.001,48312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419322.25/cwt285.00–350.001,35015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467319.25/cwt300.00–340.001,4917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473336.68/cwt320.00–350.001,59221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482333.62/cwt330.00–339.001,60818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521329.64/cwt316.00–345.001,71718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523300.02/cwt285.00–310.001,5697
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533323.51/cwt322.00–324.001,72416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,70411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570319.68/cwt310.00–332.001,82212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570293.17/cwt260.00–305.001,6716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617307.01/cwt300.00–316.001,8945
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618287.57/cwt285.00–290.001,7772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655265.97/cwt262.00–270.001,7422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8081
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712244.03/cwt230.00–267.001,7373
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3391
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9381
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,9937
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6241
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2964218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1025
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190500.00/cwt500.00–500.009501
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2190435.00/cwt435.00–435.008271
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1208496.52/cwt475.00–515.001,0333
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215400.00/cwt400.00–400.008601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1266482.32/cwt475.00–490.001,2834
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273436.54/cwt400.00–450.001,1927
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326452.24/cwt435.00–475.001,4746
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330404.38/cwt385.00–425.001,3347
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372420.93/cwt415.00–430.001,5665
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379393.35/cwt350.00–420.001,4917
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417407.82/cwt400.00–425.001,70118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424367.85/cwt324.00–420.001,56012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468366.76/cwt350.00–380.001,71612
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481346.86/cwt325.00–370.001,6688
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7606
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524338.19/cwt322.00–350.001,7727
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525311.00/cwt300.00–318.001,6334
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557305.03/cwt300.00–315.001,6993
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571312.72/cwt300.00–332.001,78614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630282.55/cwt272.00–297.501,7808
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,93013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658258.04/cwt242.00–270.001,6983
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670283.32/cwt282.50–285.001,8983
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728207.63/cwt195.00–220.001,5122
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5602
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1782237.27/cwt220.00–267.501,8553
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4261
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0251
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,9511
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1955160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,286159.95/cwt157.00–161.002,0576
Bulls——1,581169.78/cwt163.00–172.002,6847
Bulls——1,823179.11/cwt175.00–185.003,2659
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%878124.03/cwt120.00–127.001,0897
Cows—Lean 85-90%908144.09/cwt139.00–148.001,3086
Cows—Lean 85-90%910152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3831
Cows—Lean 85-90%945133.02/cwt129.00–137.001,25713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165136.50/cwt134.00–139.001,5908
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179144.00/cwt140.00–149.001,69824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228152.63/cwt150.00–157.001,87411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464145.17/cwt140.00–150.002,1257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,2731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568136.89/cwt135.00–139.002,1463
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6502,975.00/head2,950.00–3,000.002,9752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs13 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26602,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-37252,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28581,899.13/head1,800.00–2,000.001,8992
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,592.50/head2,400.00–2,750.002,5932
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29072,471.78/head2,250.00–2,800.002,4723
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0342,790.12/head2,350.00–3,000.002,7909
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0443,402.07/head1,800.00–3,900.003,40223
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0613,267.22/head2,550.00–3,875.003,26710
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1193,186.05/head2,000.00–4,000.003,18635
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1363,713.29/head2,650.00–3,850.003,7138
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28851,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29282,126.84/head1,950.00–2,200.002,1273
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39781,526.06/head1,400.00–1,700.001,5263
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0222,137.04/head1,250.00–2,600.002,1377
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0481,553.10/head1,450.00–1,650.001,5532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0652,591.55/head2,000.00–2,750.002,5928
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1642,563.53/head2,400.00–2,600.002,56413
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1932,667.56/head2,250.00–2,775.002,66815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2422,438.79/head1,800.00–2,750.002,43922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,350142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9171
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28371,579.38/head1,350.00–1,800.001,5796
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28601,701.89/head1,550.00–1,825.001,7022
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970176.98/cwt150.00–250.001,7173
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2984152.65/cwt145.00–159.001,5024

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.