Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

954 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.29/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $610/hd at 468 lb · 24 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.00/cwt ≈ $881/hd at 747 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.84/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 421 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	954	818	854
Feeder cattle	670	649	651
Slaughter cattle	214	127	130
Replacement cattle	70	42	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cows were steady to 3 higher. Bulls sold steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 5 higher. Heifers were steady to 2 higher. Bull calves sold lower 3-8.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	177.00	$177.00	$292	-3.00
215–240	228	3	167.00–172.00	$169.69	$387	-15.31
250–285	268	4	160.00–170.00	$163.38	$438	—
300–345	316	7	160.00–170.00	$163.69	$517	-1.91
355–390	373	8	150.00–162.00	$156.75	$585	+0.69
400–445	425	15	150.00–164.00	$157.74	$670	+5.47
450–495	469	20	150.00–161.00	$154.02	$722	+5.34
500–540	515	14	140.00–153.00	$147.76	$761	+1.85
560–585	574	5	140.00–150.00	$145.77	$837	+3.52
600–640	616	9	128.00–136.00	$132.45	$816	-3.56
655–685	673	3	129.00–136.00	$131.61	$886	+0.92
720–730	725	3	120.00–126.00	$122.68	$889	+0.92
750–785	763	3	115.00–121.00	$118.61	$905	-0.89
810–815	813	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$963	+8.50
880	880	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,012	—
1020	1020	1	95.00	$95.00	$969	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	7	175.00	$175.00	$541	—
407	407	7	168.00	$168.00	$684	—
483	483	3	153.00	$153.00	$739	—
557 value added	557	9	149.00	$149.00	$830	—
630 value added	630	4	134.00	$134.00	$844	—
677 value added	677	16	133.50	$133.50	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	150.00–160.00	$154.89	$341	—
270–295	278	4	135.00–140.00	$138.03	$384	-13.30
310–330	320	4	140.00–151.00	$144.09	$461	-9.20
390–395	393	3	120.00–140.00	$130.00	$511	-7.25
425–445	431	4	140.00–147.00	$143.51	$619	+7.18
455–480	468	3	140.00–150.00	$145.09	$679	+9.67
505–540	525	3	120.00–139.00	$131.81	$692	-7.19
580–590	585	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$717	+6.31
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–185	177	3	152.00–162.00	$158.13	$280	-22.57
200–220	208	4	139.00–154.00	$143.22	$298	-3.68
250–295	273	7	130.00–141.00	$135.08	$369	-0.57
300–345	326	15	131.00–141.00	$136.76	$446	+0.33
350–395	374	22	130.00–141.00	$135.18	$506	+1.69
400–440	421	23	125.00–136.00	$131.84	$555	+1.65
450–495	468	24	122.00–136.00	$130.29	$610	-0.20
500–545	523	14	115.00–134.00	$124.41	$651	-1.52
550–595	570	17	115.00–133.00	$122.96	$701	+2.97
605–645	623	12	113.00–122.00	$117.23	$730	+2.70
665–685	675	3	108.00–115.00	$112.63	$760	+1.50
700–735	719	4	108.00–116.00	$112.22	$807	+2.55
915	915	1	75.00	$75.00	$686	-19.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321 value added	321	10	147.00	$147.00	$472	—
420	420	6	137.50	$137.50	$578	—
628 value added	628	8	124.50	$124.50	$782	—
747 value added	747	24	118.00	$118.00	$881	—
859	859	11	96.00	$96.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	146.00	$146.00	$263	—
200–245	224	7	123.00–138.00	$129.32	$290	-2.08
300–345	327	6	120.00–130.00	$123.28	$403	+3.40
365–395	382	12	110.00–126.00	$120.54	$460	-2.11
410–440	427	6	110.00–120.00	$118.34	$505	-6.53
455–490	469	6	115.00–124.00	$119.86	$562	-2.73
520–535	527	3	110.00–111.00	$110.33	$581	-4.60
575	575	1	115.00	$115.00	$661	-0.10
660–685	675	3	95.00–115.00	$107.13	$723	-2.87
785	785	1	83.00	$83.00	$652	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–185	173	3	175.00–205.00	$184.65	$319	-7.42
240–245	243	4	160.00–170.00	$163.74	$398	-17.78
275	275	1	162.00	$162.00	$446	-18.00
310–340	329	6	142.00–150.00	$146.24	$481	-15.57
360–395	383	13	135.00–154.00	$145.37	$557	-7.59
400–440	418	15	130.00–154.00	$143.63	$600	+0.31
450–495	475	14	137.00–152.00	$142.07	$675	+1.99
500–535	521	5	124.00–136.00	$132.97	$693	-0.76
560–585	571	4	122.00–130.00	$124.72	$712	-4.02
600–635	615	3	121.00–126.00	$123.95	$762	-3.47
670–690	678	3	105.00–115.00	$109.95	$745	-12.39
730	730	1	109.00	$109.00	$796	-3.00
800	800	1	95.00	$95.00	$760	—
1100	1100	1	85.00	$85.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	-20.97
260–295	281	5	130.00–150.00	$141.17	$397	-8.38
300–340	332	6	125.00–155.00	$138.25	$459	-5.14
360–390	378	3	130.00–140.00	$133.17	$503	-3.19
405–440	419	8	130.00–148.00	$139.90	$586	-1.73
450–480	464	4	136.00–145.00	$139.52	$647	+8.10
500–525	511	4	125.00–145.00	$133.67	$683	+4.65
570–580	575	2	110.00–121.00	$115.55	$664	-4.45
640	640	1	107.00	$107.00	$685	-9.49
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	+5.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	+20.00
895	895	1	80.00	$80.00	$716	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–910	824	85-90%	12	39.00–50.00	$46.89	$386	—
805–1410	1070	85-90%	98	54.00–69.50	$62.33	$667	-5.12
925–1430	1173	85-90%	25	70.00–74.00	$71.29	$836	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1510	1251	80-85%	34	65.00–74.50	$70.57	$883	-3.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1665	1409	75-80%	9	63.00–69.00	$66.26	$934	+1.26

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1775	1389	16	70.00–90.00	$86.19	$1,197	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–725	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–475.00	$462.15
765–870	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–700.00	$669.22
865–1000	937	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	625.00–1,000.00	$917.31

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595–735	683	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	350.00–600.00	$519.32
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
810–910	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–750.00	$712.87
875–895	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	585.00–700.00	$643.15
900–1000	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	850.00–1,100.00	$1,035.71
885–1065	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–800.00	$775.04
985–1310	1159	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–1,075.00	$835.55

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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
715	715	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
800–880	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–775.00	$739.29	-660.71
805–1000	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–1,200.00	$891.22	—
725–1125	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–1,150.00	$1,040.34	+40.34

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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.