Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 2, 2021

1,319 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.45/cwt ≈ $797/hd at 537 lb · 50 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.80/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 583 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.25/cwt -3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 472 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,319	1,060	1,053
Feeder cattle	1,115	913	737
Slaughter cattle	160	128	192
Replacement cattle	44	19	124

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder steers were lower 2-6. Feeder heifers were lower 1-5. Board sale: 1 load of heifers 525# @ $140.25. 1 load of steers 477# @ $171.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	6	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
303	303	12	171.00	$171.00	$518	—
362–365	362	11	164.00–171.00	$170.36	$617	—
408–443	414	27	165.00–173.00	$166.21	$688	—
501–549	537	50	138.00–160.00	$148.45	$797	—
572–596	583	42	150.00–153.50	$151.80	$885	+0.55
608–609	608	22	150.00–151.50	$150.61	$916	+6.88
675–689	681	28	144.50–145.00	$144.78	$986	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–195	183	2	175.00	$175.00	$320	—
200	200	2	180.00–200.00	$190.00	$380	—
260–290	278	4	184.00–202.00	$189.96	$528	-18.06
300–345	322	10	170.00–188.00	$176.30	$568	-15.68
350–395	377	20	160.00–181.00	$170.13	$641	-1.48
400–445	425	30	157.00–176.00	$165.26	$702	-6.11
450–495	474	32	150.00–170.00	$160.06	$759	-2.79
500–545	522	14	142.00–160.00	$150.77	$787	-4.95
550–595	573	13	140.00–150.00	$144.36	$827	-6.54
610–640	626	9	135.00–145.00	$140.86	$882	-5.49
655–695	681	4	140.00	$140.00	$953	+4.04
720–745	730	8	128.00–135.00	$130.36	$952	-4.64
805–825	815	4	126.00–130.00	$128.99	$1,051	+3.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	213	4	130.00–160.00	$149.80	$319	—
250–295	269	7	136.00–174.00	$155.39	$418	—
310–345	329	11	128.00–168.00	$149.95	$493	-15.10
350–395	372	14	130.00–167.00	$146.89	$546	-8.39
400–445	424	9	130.00–155.00	$142.96	$606	-13.08
465–495	480	5	135.00–150.00	$140.94	$677	-2.30
510	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	-2.55
570–575	573	2	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$802	+7.45
615	615	1	128.00	$128.00	$787	—
665–695	677	3	117.00–125.00	$120.65	$817	—
740	740	1	114.00	$114.00	$844	—
760	760	1	110.00	$110.00	$836	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	167.50	$167.50	$302	—
230–240	236	4	130.00–150.00	$140.64	$332	—
255–295	278	6	135.00–150.00	$145.38	$404	-6.62
305–345	328	21	135.00–156.00	$144.18	$473	-4.71
350–395	377	25	140.00–155.00	$147.22	$555	-0.59
405–445	421	27	134.00–150.00	$141.21	$594	-1.65
450–495	472	35	130.00–144.00	$137.25	$648	-3.20
500–545	519	34	130.00–140.00	$137.83	$715	+0.51
550–595	571	15	130.00–140.00	$135.12	$772	-2.32
610–640	621	8	120.00–138.00	$130.56	$811	-1.80
665–690	675	3	120.00–126.00	$123.30	$832	-8.20
700–705	703	2	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$861	+2.51
750–790	770	2	115.00–122.00	$118.41	$912	—
825	825	1	106.00	$106.00	$874	—
855	855	1	104.00	$104.00	$889	—
970–990	980	3	80.00–104.00	$89.59	$878	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–247	228	10	140.00–146.00	$142.10	$324	—
341	341	14	146.00	$146.00	$498	—
418	418	3	147.50	$147.50	$617	—
479–483	480	23	142.00–142.50	$142.35	$683	+0.85
530	530	11	135.00	$135.00	$716	-5.00
563–567	565	31	137.00–139.00	$137.77	$778	—
600	600	6	135.50	$135.50	$813	—
848	848	16	106.00	$106.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–190	188	2	141.00–148.00	$144.55	$272	—
250–280	263	3	135.00	$135.00	$355	+6.45
300–320	310	4	125.00–140.00	$131.98	$409	-5.46
350–395	376	7	120.00–130.00	$127.15	$478	-4.32
400–445	424	9	110.00–130.00	$123.18	$522	-10.82
460–465	463	2	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$532	-19.24
515	515	1	128.00	$128.00	$659	—
575–595	585	2	120.00–129.00	$124.42	$728	—
600	600	1	114.00	$114.00	$684	—
675–680	678	2	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$786	+1.00
720	720	1	108.00	$108.00	$778	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	182.00	$182.00	$437	—
250–295	276	7	172.00–205.00	$192.19	$530	-4.47
300–340	328	8	164.00–200.00	$180.82	$593	-2.77
350–395	367	8	164.00–182.00	$172.48	$633	+5.59
400–445	429	12	150.00–169.00	$157.23	$675	-0.35
450–480	465	8	130.00–146.00	$140.69	$654	-8.87
500–545	522	10	135.00–140.00	$137.29	$717	-5.47
565–590	578	2	125.00	$125.00	$722	-6.45
610–645	630	4	120.00–125.00	$121.49	$765	-5.29
655	655	1	126.00	$126.00	$825	+6.00
750	750	1	107.00	$107.00	$802	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	160.00–165.00	$162.54	$455	+2.54
315–335	325	3	140.00–158.00	$146.00	$474	—
355–390	376	5	128.00–158.00	$147.97	$556	-3.20
410–425	418	3	125.00–147.50	$134.16	$561	-7.93
450	450	1	140.00	$140.00	$630	-1.38
520–540	530	2	130.00–135.00	$132.55	$703	-4.65
560–580	568	3	120.00–125.00	$123.34	$701	-6.66

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–950	778	85-90%	6	25.00–55.00	$45.31	$353	—
635–1285	962	85-90%	62	50.00–69.00	$59.96	$577	—
910–1325	1142	85-90%	19	65.00–73.00	$69.28	$791	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1845	1314	80-85%	23	66.00–77.00	$70.80	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–2225	1514	20	80.00–107.00	$93.66	$1,418	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	65.00	$65.00	$699	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	800.00	$800.00
780 fancy	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00
685–925	794	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	550.00–975.00	$685.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	340.00	$340.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620–820	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	380.00–800.00	$578.90
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
905–980	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	500.00–1,100.00	$862.37
855–1190	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–975.00	$864.51
615–1330	1014	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	320.00–1,000.00	$817.72

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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
710–755	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,050.00	$977.30	—
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+550.00
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
580	580	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.