Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

961 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.39/cwt -9.61 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 558 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $147.57/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 465 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.23/cwt ≈ $768/hd at 544 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	961	954	1,085
Feeder cattle	688	670	892
Slaughter cattle	178	214	122
Replacement cattle	95	70	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week Feeder steers sold 2-6 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2-7 higher. slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	162.00–167.00	$164.41	$469	+1.03
310	310	2	164.00–167.00	$165.50	$513	+1.81
370–395	375	6	145.00–157.00	$150.76	$565	-5.99
410–445	433	22	141.00–155.00	$150.58	$652	-7.16
450–495	465	29	140.00–155.50	$147.57	$686	-6.45
505–540	514	23	135.00–148.00	$145.42	$747	-2.34
555–585	563	5	130.00–140.00	$135.61	$763	-10.16
614–630	618	10	130.00–140.50	$137.30	$849	+4.85
655–670	665	3	121.00–130.00	$126.04	$838	-5.57
725–740	733	2	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$861	-5.21
885	885	1	110.00	$110.00	$974	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	161.00	$161.00	$467	—
450	450	5	140.00	$140.00	$630	-13.00
541–547	544	24	135.00–145.00	$141.23	$768	—
555–558	558	33	138.00–140.00	$139.39	$778	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	227	3	150.00–161.00	$156.82	$356	+1.93
250–295	266	4	146.00–164.00	$157.39	$419	+19.36
305–345	323	8	130.00–157.00	$145.27	$469	+1.18
350–395	366	23	124.00–148.00	$133.03	$487	+3.03
415–440	432	5	126.00–140.00	$135.28	$584	-8.23
455	455	3	122.00–130.00	$127.33	$579	-17.76
500–535	515	3	130.00–138.00	$134.90	$695	+3.09
558–580	561	7	126.00–128.00	$126.28	$708	+3.76

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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	178	2	165.00–167.00	$165.96	$295	+7.83
215–225	222	3	150.00–160.00	$155.81	$346	+12.59
260	260	2	145.00–156.00	$150.50	$391	+15.42
305–335	318	10	131.00–143.00	$137.95	$439	+1.19
350–390	372	13	130.00–142.00	$136.38	$507	+1.20
400–445	425	22	125.00–139.00	$131.87	$560	+0.03
470–480	473	8	124.00–130.00	$126.75	$600	-3.54
500–540	521	9	125.00–129.00	$126.44	$659	+2.03
560–590	576	5	119.00–127.00	$123.80	$713	+0.84
645	645	1	114.00	$114.00	$735	-3.23
670–690	680	2	105.00–108.00	$106.52	$724	-6.11
725	725	1	100.00	$100.00	$725	-12.22
775	775	1	97.00	$97.00	$752	—
905–920	913	2	80.00–84.00	$81.98	$748	+6.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	3	120.00–139.00	$130.23	$297	+0.91
255–290	279	4	115.00–139.00	$127.73	$356	—
315–345	329	10	110.00–130.00	$122.09	$402	-1.19
350–390	369	20	110.00–135.00	$121.33	$448	+0.79
400–445	425	16	115.00–131.00	$122.35	$520	+4.01
470	470	1	119.00	$119.00	$559	-0.86
500–530	508	6	110.00–120.00	$114.15	$580	+3.82
555–590	577	5	105.00–115.00	$111.58	$644	-3.42
605–625	615	2	107.00–110.00	$108.48	$667	—
660	660	1	104.00	$104.00	$686	-3.13
700–725	713	2	95.00–100.00	$97.54	$695	—
795	795	1	94.00	$94.00	$747	+11.00
830–845	838	2	73.00–86.00	$79.56	$667	—
920	920	1	75.00	$75.00	$690	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	10	136.00	$136.00	$582	-1.50
529–534	530	22	125.00–133.00	$131.53	$697	—
607	607	18	130.00	$130.00	$789	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	90.00	$90.00	$495	—
730	730	1	65.00	$65.00	$474	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	279	8	160.00–172.50	$167.38	$467	+5.38
305–325	313	6	155.00–166.00	$160.20	$501	+13.96
350–390	367	7	150.00–165.00	$153.44	$563	+8.07
405–445	429	20	130.00–145.00	$138.60	$595	-5.03
455–490	470	6	130.00–141.00	$136.79	$643	-5.28
500–540	517	9	130.00–141.00	$135.11	$699	+2.14
555–595	574	5	120.00–130.00	$124.74	$716	+0.02
625	625	1	126.00	$126.00	$788	+2.05
665	665	1	116.00	$116.00	$771	+6.05
835	835	1	89.00	$89.00	$743	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	160.00	$160.00	$296	—
215–240	228	2	152.00–158.00	$154.84	$353	+14.84
250–290	275	5	140.00–155.00	$149.44	$411	+8.27
300–340	317	3	140.00–148.00	$142.97	$453	+4.72
350–395	379	12	125.00–149.00	$140.99	$534	+7.82
400–435	417	3	129.00–135.00	$133.08	$555	-6.82
450–485	466	6	125.00–141.00	$134.68	$628	-4.84
515–545	534	4	125.00–127.00	$125.98	$673	-7.69
565–595	577	3	120.00–128.00	$122.75	$708	+7.20
625–640	631	5	105.00–120.00	$112.75	$711	+5.75
650–660	653	3	105.00–119.00	$111.37	$727	—
710–730	720	4	95.00–102.00	$98.74	$711	-6.26
785	785	1	95.00	$95.00	$746	-5.00
935	935	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	—
970	970	1	70.00	$70.00	$679	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1165	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	975.00–1,600.00	$1,316.84	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–695	683	85-90%	2	35.00–37.00	$35.98	$246	—
650–835	747	85-90%	6	40.00–50.00	$46.85	$350	—
800–845	826	85-90%	5	52.00–65.00	$57.55	$475	+10.66
850–1205	970	85-90%	24	52.00–61.50	$57.97	$562	—
895–1285	1006	85-90%	4	40.00–45.50	$42.35	$426	—
860–1280	1041	85-90%	56	54.00–70.00	$65.15	$678	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1760	1260	80-85%	44	67.00–73.00	$69.82	$880	-0.75
1140–1570	1310	80-85%	7	73.50–76.00	$74.38	$974	—
1290–1475	1367	80-85%	3	60.00–66.00	$63.75	$871	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1620	1268	4	75.00–80.00	$76.33	$968	—
1030–1675	1464	8	85.00–92.00	$88.94	$1,302	—
1750–2010	1842	3	95.00–105.00	$100.22	$1,846	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–1120	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	500.00–730.00	$630.20
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–935	868	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–685.00	$668.86
860–1050	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$757.16
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
810–1330	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–1,075.00	$852.41
1005–1265	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,150.00	$1,018.39
1060–1255	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,000.00	$908.37
1075–1325	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,067.19

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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
700–935	838	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–1,050.00	$896.79	+157.50
715–1055	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,325.00	$1,157.83	+266.61
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00	—
735–1135	904	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	775.00–1,400.00	$1,071.49	—
840–1075	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,200.00	$1,090.34	+50.00
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+109.66
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	810.00–985.00	$897.50	-142.84
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	675.00	$675.00	—

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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.