Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

1,200 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.83/cwt +13.83 vs last sale · ≈ $943/hd at 613 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.69/cwt +1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 372 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $162.93/cwt +0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 472 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,200	1,049	1,158
Feeder cattle	1,029	891	933
Slaughter cattle	131	128	115
Replacement cattle	40	30	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold mixed, 4 higher to 5 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed 1 higher 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
280–295	287	5	162.50–180.00	$174.08	$500	-0.92
320–345	335	5	167.50–180.00	$174.46	$584	-5.26
350–390	371	10	170.00–182.50	$174.22	$646	+1.64
400–440	423	14	160.00–178.00	$168.79	$714	-1.34
450–495	472	25	155.00–170.00	$162.93	$769	+0.42
500–540	523	17	154.00–162.00	$158.57	$829	+2.32
550–595	573	9	140.00–157.00	$146.93	$842	-3.50
600–640	620	4	144.00–149.00	$146.50	$908	+4.90
655–685	669	9	135.00–148.00	$141.18	$944	+1.67
725	725	1	132.00	$132.00	$957	-2.71
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	±0.00
910	910	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	182.00	$182.00	$592	—
446	446	11	174.00	$174.00	$776	—
478	478	8	167.00	$167.00	$798	—
527	527	10	160.00	$160.00	$843	-1.50
567	567	4	149.00	$149.00	$845	-4.50
600–643	613	37	148.00–156.50	$153.83	$943	+13.83
685	685	12	145.00	$145.00	$993	-5.25
700	700	6	142.50	$142.50	$998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	1	132.50	$132.50	$179	—
160	160	1	160.00	$160.00	$256	—
200–245	225	6	120.00–160.00	$147.85	$333	+0.21
270–290	278	3	120.00–152.50	$137.10	$381	-5.20
315–335	329	5	125.00–160.00	$142.37	$468	-15.58
350–390	372	5	127.50–160.00	$140.97	$524	-9.15
400–445	423	8	130.00–158.00	$147.78	$625	-6.07
460–480	470	2	150.00	$150.00	$705	+3.13
530	530	1	150.00	$150.00	$795	+6.34
550	550	1	135.00	$135.00	$742	-4.25
605	605	2	106.00–125.00	$115.50	$699	-14.50
650–690	667	3	125.00–130.00	$128.35	$856	-0.65

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–190	173	2	147.50–157.50	$153.01	$265	+1.78
215–245	229	4	127.50–147.50	$139.07	$318	-9.15
250–295	276	11	140.00–158.00	$144.34	$398	-3.90
300–345	321	17	140.00–156.00	$148.46	$477	-3.64
350–395	372	25	140.00–156.00	$149.69	$557	+1.64
400–445	427	22	135.00–149.00	$141.04	$602	-4.21
450–495	473	20	130.00–144.00	$137.18	$649	-5.34
500–540	521	14	131.00–142.00	$138.52	$722	+1.91
555–585	567	10	130.00–138.00	$133.49	$757	-0.68
600–625	612	9	120.00–133.00	$127.55	$781	+1.11
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	+0.99
725–735	730	2	106.00–114.00	$110.03	$803	-10.40
785	785	1	104.00	$104.00	$816	-10.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	5	144.00	$144.00	$590	—
495	495	10	135.50	$135.50	$671	—
515	515	8	143.50	$143.50	$739	+3.50
577–589	582	23	140.50–144.50	$142.08	$827	+5.58
624	624	11	136.00	$136.00	$849	—
681	681	9	115.00	$115.00	$783	-14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	130.00	$130.00	$182	—
155–170	163	2	127.50–132.50	$130.12	$212	—
200–240	223	4	125.00–130.00	$128.88	$287	-3.03
265–295	279	5	120.00–138.00	$127.07	$355	-8.86
320–340	328	3	118.00–130.00	$124.23	$407	-4.56
360–395	374	11	116.00–135.00	$126.09	$472	-4.21
405–445	426	11	120.00–132.00	$127.92	$545	+0.21
450–495	471	13	116.00–138.00	$126.56	$596	-1.16
500–540	521	5	118.00–125.00	$121.36	$632	-6.65
560–570	565	2	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$689	+3.57
630	630	1	112.00	$112.00	$706	-6.22
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	+1.41

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–190	188	2	155.00–165.00	$159.93	$301	—
225–240	233	5	140.00–172.50	$157.18	$366	—
260–295	281	4	160.00–165.00	$161.16	$453	-32.53
300–345	318	10	150.00–176.00	$167.43	$532	-19.15
350–395	377	12	154.00–178.00	$168.67	$636	+0.82
400–445	423	22	154.00–178.00	$164.99	$698	+5.22
450–495	477	11	140.00–158.00	$149.95	$715	+3.07
500–540	519	8	127.00–146.00	$139.92	$726	-2.84
555–570	563	3	123.00–134.00	$129.05	$727	-6.44
610–645	621	7	115.00–126.00	$121.82	$757	-9.17
665–695	682	3	118.00–125.00	$121.03	$825	-3.57
700–705	703	2	105.00–119.00	$111.98	$787	-14.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	214	4	140.00–164.00	$149.25	$319	+0.99
255–275	263	3	140.00–152.50	$147.59	$388	-2.41
320–345	337	5	120.00–150.00	$132.13	$445	-29.77
350–385	373	5	126.00–142.00	$131.69	$491	-14.95
420–445	432	5	120.00–154.00	$143.62	$620	+2.49
450–495	477	7	128.00–140.00	$132.37	$631	-3.44
500–545	523	3	120.00–130.00	$126.53	$662	-1.85
565–575	570	2	116.00–125.00	$120.46	$687	-14.05
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	-6.64
725	725	1	85.00	$85.00	$616	—
755	755	1	65.00	$65.00	$491	—
805–830	818	2	70.00–90.00	$79.85	$653	-20.15
875	875	1	90.00	$90.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1100	1033	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,350.00–2,050.00	$1,758.06	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–1110	822	85-90%	18	35.00–50.00	$45.88	$377	—
615–1475	1007	85-90%	41	39.00–65.00	$58.36	$588	—
885–1350	1115	85-90%	11	66.00–74.00	$69.15	$771	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1690	1228	80-85%	15	64.50–71.50	$68.66	$843	-0.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	75-80%	1	63.50	$63.50	$889	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1925	1335	11	80.00–95.00	$86.97	$1,161	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	1	75.00	$75.00	$866	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–770	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	425.00–550.00	$501.80
630–880	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–800.00	$758.28
705–930	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–800.00	$691.99
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
540–1200	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	400.00–925.00	$762.07
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1180–1290	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–925.00	$865.28
1310–1370	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–950.00	$888.90

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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
615–950	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–1,150.00	$1,012.46	—
815	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	-275.00
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+375.00
970–1115	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,312.97	+112.97
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.