Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

959 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.59/cwt -2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 423 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.55/cwt -3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 476 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.78/cwt -1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 525 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	959	986	473
Feeder cattle	824	822	414
Slaughter cattle	106	100	42
Replacement cattle	29	64	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: slaughter cows were 1-3 higher. Bulls were 8 higher. Feeder steers under 400 lbs were higher 2-5, over 400 lbs were lower 2-6. Feeder heifers were steady to 3 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	180.00	$180.00	$522	+2.85
300	300	1	185.00	$185.00	$555	+11.70
370–395	381	8	162.00–182.00	$171.95	$655	+5.20
400–445	423	18	152.00–171.00	$164.33	$695	-2.22
450–495	471	27	155.00–169.00	$161.65	$761	-2.46
500–545	520	24	145.00–163.00	$155.49	$809	-5.07
550–595	573	20	145.00–156.00	$150.08	$860	-4.66
600–645	623	21	140.00–152.00	$145.54	$907	-4.11
650–690	676	5	130.00–138.00	$134.96	$912	-6.07
700–740	722	9	124.00–135.00	$129.76	$937	-10.24
750–790	773	6	121.00–131.00	$126.45	$977	—
800–840	820	2	120.00–124.00	$121.95	$1,000	—
860–870	865	2	110.00–121.00	$115.47	$999	-4.53
920	920	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,076	—
960	960	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,066	—
1005	1005	1	96.00	$96.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	140.00–157.50	$148.95	$320	+13.12
250–285	268	2	150.00–160.00	$155.33	$416	-4.67
305–320	310	4	135.00–150.00	$142.52	$442	-15.23
395	395	1	157.00	$157.00	$620	+18.94
405–430	420	6	130.00–150.00	$141.62	$595	-13.24
450–495	470	11	140.00–150.00	$146.83	$690	+2.17
500–540	521	8	137.00–155.00	$142.99	$745	-1.08
555–585	571	4	130.00–149.00	$141.76	$809	+0.66
640–645	643	2	122.00–132.00	$126.98	$816	-3.00
670	670	1	129.00	$129.00	$864	—
750	750	1	115.00	$115.00	$862	+25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	11	153.00	$153.00	$848	—
626–627	626	14	144.00–151.00	$149.00	$933	+4.00
700	700	9	137.00	$137.00	$959	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	160.00	$160.00	$176	—
190	190	1	175.00	$175.00	$332	+7.50
200 fancy	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	—
205–240	225	3	141.00–150.00	$144.50	$325	+2.17
250–295	274	6	142.00–152.50	$145.85	$400	-7.69
300 fancy	300	2	145.00–156.00	$150.50	$452	—
300–345	327	14	140.00–153.00	$147.80	$483	-5.29
350–395	371	28	138.00–155.00	$147.50	$547	+0.36
400–445	423	40	135.00–153.00	$143.59	$607	-2.43
450–495	476	40	132.00–149.00	$140.55	$669	-3.08
500–545	525	29	130.00–144.00	$138.78	$729	-1.33
550–595	567	21	125.00–138.00	$134.53	$763	-0.71
600–640	618	7	120.00–131.00	$127.04	$785	-3.99
650–685	670	4	120.00–131.00	$125.17	$839	-1.04
705–735	721	4	114.00–120.00	$117.03	$844	-6.98
753–765	756	5	110.00–115.00	$112.99	$854	—
920	920	1	90.00	$90.00	$828	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	135.00	$135.00	$263	—
250–290	268	6	120.00–145.00	$132.61	$355	-2.78
300–345	323	5	110.00–141.00	$129.11	$417	-4.15
355–395	376	11	120.00–135.00	$129.09	$485	-4.91
400–445	425	18	115.00–135.00	$126.65	$538	-3.70
450–470	460	2	119.00–130.00	$124.38	$572	-5.36
515–545	530	4	115.00–135.00	$127.88	$678	+8.54
550–570	561	4	115.00–125.00	$118.03	$662	-2.29
650–675	660	3	110.00–120.00	$115.01	$759	+9.15
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	-9.00
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712	—
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	12	139.00	$139.00	$709	±0.00
620	620	10	131.50	$131.50	$815	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–125	120	2	180.00	$180.00	$216	+20.00
155	155	1	175.00	$175.00	$271	—
205–235	223	3	187.50–210.00	$196.96	$439	—
265–295	285	4	165.00–185.00	$175.52	$500	-4.92
315–335	326	4	160.00–177.00	$171.16	$558	+0.73
355–385	370	12	160.00–179.00	$172.00	$636	+7.57
400–445	424	20	145.00–164.00	$150.00	$636	-9.87
450–490	470	14	137.00–150.00	$144.84	$681	-3.76
500–545	528	10	129.00–146.00	$138.37	$731	-4.07
555–595	574	10	130.00–140.00	$136.05	$781	-1.12
600–645	619	9	126.00–137.00	$131.50	$814	-1.61
660–690	670	3	123.00–129.00	$126.61	$848	-2.51
700–730	712	3	118.00–122.00	$120.00	$854	-2.12
760–770	765	2	114.00–120.00	$116.98	$895	+13.63
820	820	1	90.00	$90.00	$738	—
860–875	868	2	90.00–95.00	$92.48	$803	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	145.00	$145.00	$268	—
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	—
265	265	1	120.00	$120.00	$318	—
325	325	1	149.00	$149.00	$484	+9.02
365–395	382	6	120.00–152.00	$139.34	$532	+5.15
425–440	433	5	140.00–145.00	$142.18	$616	-2.60
455–495	474	9	120.00–140.00	$130.51	$619	-7.03
560–595	584	4	125.00–133.00	$127.02	$742	-2.62
625–645	635	2	120.00–127.00	$123.44	$784	-0.62
660–685	673	2	82.00–112.00	$96.72	$651	—
730–740	735	2	109.00–110.00	$109.50	$805	—
780	780	1	74.00	$74.00	$577	—
850	850	1	85.00	$85.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1040	848	85-90%	4	41.50–55.00	$48.45	$411	—
780–1440	1044	85-90%	46	50.00–68.50	$61.26	$640	+1.32
910–1385	1136	85-90%	9	68.50–71.50	$70.07	$796	-0.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1505	1240	80-85%	16	63.00–75.50	$71.35	$885	+0.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$901	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1970	1752	8	90.00–105.00	$95.37	$1,671	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1315	1183	2	75.00–80.00	$77.22	$914	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1000	943	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,100.00	$990.91

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–965	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–875.00	$693.95
890–1120	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	800.00–925.00	$856.65
1045–1290	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–900.00	$810.49
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00

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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
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	+225.00

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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.