Sale reports / Mississippi / Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS / 2026-03-02

Cattlemans Livestock Auction - West Point, MS

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Point, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 2
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2125
Feeder Cattle receipts
781 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 638▼ 312 vs year ago 1,093 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 138▼ 2 vs year ago 141 · −1.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 191 vs last sale 109▲ 76 vs year ago 224 · +33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 10.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold mixed 10.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.20/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 17 of 34 comparable sales and sits −1.59 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.
Average price
$376.20
19 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.95
vs MS average
−44.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538392.702,1136thin
Medium and Large 1-2578382.002,2088thin
Medium and Large 2543347.121,8865thin
One grade step is worth $45.58/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale19 hd
376.20
—
MS average13 barns · 252 hd
408.15
−31.95
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−44.76
This barn, trailing median34 sales
377.80
−1.59
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—Low1,627191.353,11414
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,183164.061,94143
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,506160.272,4144thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average908159.481,44822

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$3,94110
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,089$3,79816
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$3,5006
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,181$3,47029
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)937$3,4607
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,052$3,37330
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,134$3,31055
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$3,2005
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,044$3,06112
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,148$2,5946
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)947$2,2173thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,6882thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,165$6,4094thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,405$5,0003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,063$4,33923
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,053$3,74215
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$3,2415
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)923$2,3502thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)928$2,04911

Every lot

132 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1176665.67/cwt650.00–690.001,1724
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2213627.59/cwt625.00–630.001,3372
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225641.64/cwt625.00–660.001,4447
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275575.85/cwt545.00–610.001,5843
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276608.03/cwt600.00–625.001,6788
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330545.98/cwt530.00–555.001,8024
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,1301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3Value Added356352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2534
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371500.02/cwt420.00–540.001,8557
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0749
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413476.39/cwt450.00–500.001,9675
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423525.74/cwt510.00–540.002,2246
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,19011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460502.50/cwt500.00–505.002,3122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470477.23/cwt465.00–490.002,2432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510482.56/cwt470.00–500.002,4614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558437.60/cwt430.00–445.002,4422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583404.89/cwt400.00–410.002,3612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,40416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623374.94/cwt370.00–380.002,3362
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672326.70/cwt300.00–340.002,1953
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1115615.00/cwt615.00–615.007071
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2175605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,0591
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1177625.57/cwt610.00–640.001,1073
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy210580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,2181
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220477.27/cwt450.00–525.001,0503
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1234530.00/cwt520.00–550.001,2404
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275521.37/cwt500.00–535.001,43419
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282474.76/cwt400.00–520.001,3396
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6417
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335474.34/cwt450.00–485.001,5899
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335428.73/cwt400.00–450.001,4364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368454.88/cwt450.00–480.001,67413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,78111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379427.48/cwt400.00–440.001,6208
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386477.30/cwt470.00–480.001,84228
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415431.86/cwt420.00–455.001,79218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,81419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420404.43/cwt350.00–425.001,69910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461426.29/cwt415.00–435.001,9654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477409.97/cwt400.00–420.001,9563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500375.00/cwt370.00–380.001,8752
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508403.23/cwt395.00–415.002,0483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568382.17/cwt365.00–392.502,1713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572328.54/cwt270.00–365.001,8793
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2088
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9781
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9981
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775258.30/cwt240.00–285.002,0023
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5201
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6101
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,255255.00/cwt255.00–255.003,2001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1105755.00/cwt755.00–755.007931
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 2110570.00/cwt570.00–570.006271
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2175350.00/cwt350.00–350.006131
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1182682.11/cwt650.00–700.001,2413
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1227616.39/cwt600.00–640.001,3998
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277619.28/cwt600.00–640.001,7153
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280580.03/cwt550.00–630.001,62412
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323537.33/cwt480.00–570.001,7367
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324582.84/cwt565.00–605.001,8884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370488.55/cwt425.00–530.001,8084
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379539.38/cwt515.00–550.002,0448
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417462.96/cwt450.00–475.001,9315
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421518.22/cwt500.00–540.002,1827
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460457.23/cwt445.00–470.002,1032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520451.30/cwt445.00–465.002,3474
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538362.65/cwt330.00–395.001,9512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573409.84/cwt405.00–420.002,3483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738330.00/cwt325.00–335.002,4353
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3551
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4361
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2872260.00/cwt245.00–270.002,2673
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1930270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5111
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2965210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0271
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1968261.14/cwt252.50–270.002,5282
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015236.25/cwt197.50–275.002,3982
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,110225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450178.71/cwt176.00–180.002,5913
Bulls——1,571186.54/cwt182.00–192.002,9317
Bulls——1,859209.23/cwt200.00–215.003,8904
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%868142.47/cwt140.00–148.001,2373
Cows—Lean 85-90%905153.98/cwt149.00–159.001,3946
Cows—Lean 85-90%919165.94/cwt162.50–170.001,52513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136164.42/cwt160.00–169.001,86820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196155.01/cwt148.00–159.001,85411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250171.76/cwt170.00–176.002,14712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506160.27/cwt160.00–161.002,4144
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1656,409.12/head3,150.00–7,500.006,4094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4054,999.88/head2,400.00–5,800.005,0003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows19 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38352,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38602,273.55/head1,800.00–2,550.002,2743
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39172,459.55/head2,250.00–2,700.002,4603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29373,460.40/head2,300.00–4,050.003,4607
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39451,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39472,216.99/head1,600.00–2,600.002,2173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0332,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0443,061.01/head2,200.00–3,700.003,06112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0733,494.65/head2,200.00–4,300.003,49527
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0893,798.02/head2,500.00–4,435.003,79816
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1473,359.59/head1,750.00–4,050.003,36052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,165162.36/cwt160.00–166.001,8913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1703,941.03/head3,900.00–4,000.003,94110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1753,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1933,515.12/head2,750.00–4,300.003,51528
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2062,765.39/head2,200.00–2,950.002,7654
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,370174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,3841
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-26351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-37201,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0174,043.28/head2,800.00–4,300.004,0436
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0794,443.66/head3,100.00–4,600.004,44417
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0803,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0953,454.34/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4542
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1053,301.36/head3,000.00–3,500.003,3014
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1144,170.20/head3,600.00–4,500.004,17011
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-37911,871.25/head1,500.00–2,300.001,8714
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2823159.38/cwt154.00–165.001,3122
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2531
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29852,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0072,150.92/head1,700.00–2,300.002,1517

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.