Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

1,031 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.86/cwt ≈ $789/hd at 681 lb · 38 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.86/cwt +2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $540/hd at 378 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.82/cwt +3.62 vs last sale · ≈ $598/hd at 419 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,031	937	236
Feeder cattle	730	703	61
Slaughter cattle	104	117	131
Replacement cattle	197	117	44

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers were 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	180.00–205.00	$191.67	$441	-8.73
250–295	275	8	172.00–200.00	$185.71	$511	-2.16
305–340	325	4	175.00–195.00	$181.00	$588	+2.96
350–395	379	10	160.00–172.00	$168.53	$639	-5.32
405–445	426	9	169.00–173.00	$170.66	$727	-1.89
450–490	470	17	160.00–173.00	$166.25	$781	-0.66
500–545	524	16	147.00–162.00	$154.91	$812	+1.44
565–590	576	7	140.00–152.00	$146.29	$843	-3.03
605–640	620	3	138.00–144.00	$140.61	$872	+1.96
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	-3.97
995	995	1	95.00	$95.00	$945	—
1055–1075	1065	2	89.00–90.00	$89.50	$953	—
1125	1125	1	87.00	$87.00	$979	—
1215	1215	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	3	170.00	$170.00	$687	—
544	544	6	150.00	$150.00	$816	—
576	576	6	150.00	$150.00	$864	—
642	642	7	140.00	$140.00	$899	—
754	754	6	118.00	$118.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	165.00	$165.00	$314	±0.00
240	240	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$396	+2.34
270–290	280	4	140.00–175.00	$162.32	$454	-15.16
300–340	316	5	150.00–177.00	$167.86	$530	+10.63
360–385	376	4	155.00–160.00	$157.76	$593	+4.69
400–425	413	2	151.00–167.00	$159.24	$658	+0.15
460–490	475	2	152.00–159.00	$155.61	$739	-2.25
505–545	521	4	140.00–151.00	$145.89	$760	-3.11
565	565	1	135.00	$135.00	$763	-1.98
1270	1270	1	72.00	$72.00	$914	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	165.00	$165.00	$314	-2.71
205–245	220	5	155.00–195.00	$174.09	$383	+2.58
270–290	281	6	120.00–146.00	$139.06	$391	-4.26
310–340	327	15	130.00–152.00	$140.64	$460	-2.24
350–395	378	31	130.00–149.00	$142.86	$540	+2.08
400–445	419	26	130.00–149.00	$142.82	$598	+3.62
450–490	471	19	130.00–145.00	$137.44	$647	+3.93
500–545	521	26	120.00–138.00	$132.20	$689	+0.74
550–585	565	11	120.00–136.00	$129.65	$733	+3.21
600–625	611	4	122.00–132.00	$125.22	$765	+2.18
660–695	677	3	110.00–120.00	$116.58	$789	+2.91
715–730	723	2	106.00–115.00	$110.55	$799	+4.62
750	750	1	106.00	$106.00	$795	—
820–845	833	2	89.00–90.00	$89.49	$745	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	5	148.00	$148.00	$601	—
522	522	6	130.00	$130.00	$679	—
573	573	5	108.00	$108.00	$619	-22.00
615	615	10	126.00	$126.00	$775	—
657–695	681	38	108.00–120.00	$115.86	$789	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130–145	138	2	140.00–150.00	$145.27	$200	—
165–180	173	2	175.00	$175.00	$303	+55.00
200–240	225	4	138.00–175.00	$156.98	$353	+24.98
250–295	268	12	132.00–180.00	$149.00	$399	+16.37
300–335	314	7	125.00–150.00	$133.44	$419	-0.55
360–395	381	5	125.00–140.00	$134.52	$513	+2.91
425–435	430	2	129.00–138.00	$133.45	$574	+3.71
465–490	479	5	110.00–130.00	$121.63	$583	-9.35
510–530	520	3	110.00–119.00	$115.06	$598	+1.24
550–592	582	4	105.00–106.00	$105.76	$616	-9.24
625–630	628	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$707	+5.50
650–695	678	6	93.00–105.00	$97.09	$658	-6.91
730	730	1	86.00	$86.00	$628	-20.55

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–180	168	2	180.00–200.00	$190.75	$320	-4.25
215–235	228	3	175.00–195.00	$184.71	$421	—
270–295	279	6	165.00–185.00	$174.37	$486	-6.28
300–340	317	10	160.00–175.00	$170.01	$539	-5.54
350–395	373	19	160.00–174.00	$166.38	$621	-7.04
400–445	423	18	160.00–171.00	$165.94	$702	-3.40
450–495	465	18	140.00–170.00	$160.31	$745	+11.13
500–545	524	14	130.00–151.00	$142.12	$745	+1.27
565–585	576	4	133.00–137.00	$135.49	$780	+0.34
600–630	616	8	120.00–136.00	$129.96	$801	-2.67
650–680	663	7	114.00–132.00	$124.94	$828	-0.37
750–790	769	4	104.00–115.00	$109.43	$842	+4.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	—
310–340	327	9	156.00–165.00	$161.14	$527	-3.73
350–380	360	3	160.00–166.00	$162.59	$585	+12.18
405–420	413	4	148.00–163.00	$155.25	$641	+7.27
450–485	469	4	141.00–155.00	$151.05	$708	+7.80
500–540	524	5	139.00–151.00	$143.44	$752	+3.44
575–585	580	2	120.00–134.00	$126.94	$736	-13.06
605–640	623	2	120.00–130.00	$124.86	$778	—
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	+11.00
725	725	1	116.00	$116.00	$841	—
750–765	757	3	102.00–110.00	$107.34	$813	—
890	890	1	74.00	$74.00	$659	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1115	905	85-90%	13	37.00–49.00	$43.77	$396	—
815–1355	1043	85-90%	25	50.00–60.00	$55.44	$578	—
950–1340	1135	85-90%	5	61.00–63.00	$62.28	$707	+3.08

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1420	1242	80-85%	11	55.00–66.00	$61.10	$759	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1775	1578	75-80%	2	52.00–57.00	$54.81	$865	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1875	1425	17	70.00–94.00	$84.18	$1,200	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–815	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–850.00	$809.90
690–1100	892	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	475.00–1,200.00	$774.24
795–1150	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	570.00–775.00	$722.34

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
565	565	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	675.00	$675.00
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	525.00	$525.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1320	862	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–1,385.00	$902.34
705–1000	867	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	350.00–775.00	$599.52
765–1135	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	750.00–1,200.00	$981.73
820–1510	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	750.00–1,150.00	$946.78
850–1275	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–1,150.00	$920.06
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
845–1785	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	600.00–1,150.00	$973.66
950–1285	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	760.00–800.00	$783.42
845–1605	1121	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	700.00–1,300.00	$982.76

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	580.00	$580.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635–805	688	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,200.00	$989.64	—
700–800	757	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	450.00–700.00	$553.52	—
775–905	836	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,172.16	—
750–1005	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,128.63	+278.63
880	880	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+325.00
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+250.00
825–965	898	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,225.00	$1,114.48	+264.48
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	+21.09
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.