Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 7, 2022

1,123 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.68/cwt -1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $587/hd at 377 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.70/cwt -2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 421 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $174.00/cwt -0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 469 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,123	542	1,580
Feeder cattle	744	441	1,285
Slaughter cattle	188	75	153
Replacement cattle	191	26	142

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold higher 3-5. Bulls were higher 1. Feeder steers were steady to lower 2. Heifers were lower 2-4.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	190.00–200.00	$195.21	$459	-4.79
260–290	275	3	185.00–210.00	$196.39	$540	-2.26
305–335	319	8	185.00–200.00	$190.57	$608	+4.63
355–390	373	10	176.00–196.00	$184.21	$687	-1.59
400–445	428	11	175.00–187.00	$181.31	$776	+4.79
450–495	469	13	168.00–180.00	$174.00	$816	-0.22
500–540	518	12	160.00–177.00	$171.90	$890	-1.30
550–590	569	7	155.00–170.00	$164.20	$934	-2.49
600–645	615	7	140.00–155.00	$149.30	$918	-8.77
650–660	656	4	140.00–150.00	$144.99	$951	-3.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	107.50	$107.50	$140	—
180–195	189	4	145.00–172.50	$156.37	$296	+14.37
225–235	230	2	177.00–185.00	$181.09	$417	+11.09
275–285	280	2	130.00–140.00	$134.91	$378	-48.12
330	330	1	175.00	$175.00	$578	+15.21
365–395	384	5	155.00–175.00	$164.93	$633	-2.09
410–440	426	5	145.00–170.00	$157.79	$672	+17.67
460–490	475	4	145.00–160.00	$156.13	$742	-3.42
525–540	533	2	155.00	$155.00	$826	+1.89
585	585	1	135.00	$135.00	$790	-11.94
860	860	1	85.00	$85.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	9	175.00	$175.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	135.00	$135.00	$196	—
190	190	1	155.00	$155.00	$294	—
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	$280	—
335–345	340	2	130.00–140.00	$134.93	$459	—
385	385	1	145.00	$145.00	$558	—
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	6	160.00	$160.00	$539	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	157.00	$157.00	$243	—
225–240	231	4	150.00–160.00	$154.46	$357	-2.54
250–290	272	9	140.00–160.00	$151.84	$413	+0.06
305–345	327	10	150.00–160.00	$156.29	$511	-1.95
350–395	377	14	148.00–164.00	$155.68	$587	-1.14
400–440	421	13	140.00–160.00	$153.70	$647	-2.20
455–495	473	11	140.00–159.00	$148.76	$704	-2.52
500–545	523	11	135.00–155.00	$143.10	$748	-4.41
550–595	570	12	126.00–146.00	$136.04	$775	-6.27
605–640	629	7	120.00–137.00	$128.49	$808	-9.30
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	-2.65
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	—
815–825	820	2	90.00–102.00	$95.96	$787	-4.04
885	885	1	89.00	$89.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	100.00	$100.00	$155	-28.09
200–240	224	7	120.00–145.00	$134.17	$301	+12.63
255–295	283	4	110.00–125.00	$119.91	$339	-17.36
305–345	326	7	110.00–130.00	$121.98	$398	-11.75
350 thin fleshed	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—
350–385	365	6	120.00–145.00	$133.23	$486	-6.15
400–435	416	7	110.00–135.00	$123.94	$516	-15.55
465–480	470	3	125.00–135.00	$130.05	$611	-10.96
505–540	522	6	120.00–134.00	$127.69	$667	-3.07
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	-4.38
700–740	710	4	76.00–98.00	$89.37	$635	—
850	850	1	80.00	$80.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	118.00	$118.00	$165	—
230	230	1	100.00	$100.00	$230	—
285–295	290	2	100.00–130.00	$114.74	$333	—
345	345	1	105.00	$105.00	$362	—
355	355	1	111.00	$111.00	$394	—
410–445	428	2	120.00	$120.00	$514	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	264	6	185.00–205.00	$194.26	$513	-18.24
305–345	320	6	180.00–202.00	$191.78	$614	+1.20
350–395	374	9	167.00–191.00	$177.77	$665	+0.72
405–445	427	9	170.00–181.00	$176.16	$752	+1.88
450–490	477	10	160.00–180.00	$167.36	$798	-3.97
500–545	525	6	148.00–167.00	$155.81	$818	-2.72
560–590	575	5	140.00–148.00	$143.18	$823	-8.37
635	635	1	141.00	$141.00	$895	+2.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	161.00	$161.00	$322	—
250–285	276	7	120.00–175.00	$151.38	$418	+21.38
305–345	320	6	147.00–170.00	$158.09	$506	+0.68
365–370	368	2	150.00	$150.00	$552	-4.76
410–415	413	3	130.00–165.00	$148.99	$615	-19.39
450–490	476	4	140.00–158.00	$150.31	$715	+0.31
510	510	1	145.00	$145.00	$740	-5.00
560–580	570	2	138.00–148.00	$143.09	$816	-3.91
605–615	610	2	90.00–110.00	$99.92	$610	—
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	—
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—
805	805	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$825	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	321	4	120.00–140.00	$130.04	$417	—
360	360	1	114.00	$114.00	$410	—
480	480	1	105.00	$105.00	$504	—
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	—
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1800	1800	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1100	900	85-90%	8	30.00–50.00	$43.70	$393	—
835–1415	1050	85-90%	39	50.00–78.00	$69.65	$731	—
900–1300	1128	85-90%	32	75.00–90.00	$81.63	$921	+6.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1400	1258	80-85%	18	77.00–91.00	$81.72	$1,028	+3.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1500	1425	75-80%	2	65.00–73.00	$69.21	$986	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–2100	1580	15	90.00–114.00	$102.34	$1,617	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–2380	1360	4	80.00–88.00	$85.04	$1,157	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–1000	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	625.00–730.00	$665.07

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
735–1150	896	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–785.00	$702.15
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
750–1185	921	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	550.00–1,000.00	$865.54
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
700–1200	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	600.00–1,900.00	$1,280.46
705–1240	1044	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	500.00–1,200.00	$1,022.31
900–1250	1061	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	650.00–1,000.00	$819.57
800–1250	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	685.00–1,375.00	$1,105.66

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–840	722	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	500.00–600.00	$538.80
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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
800–900	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,498.53	-101.47
800–1000	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,245.21	—
900–1200	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	800.00–1,400.00	$1,013.52	—
900–1100	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,325.00	$1,143.22	—
900–1110	1047	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	800.00–1,700.00	$1,110.36	—
900–1200	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–1,125.00	$922.62	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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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.