Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

831 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.90/cwt -5.61 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 420 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.93/cwt -6.00 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 466 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $172.29/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 412 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	831	812	1,003
Feeder cattle	613	549	576
Slaughter cattle	114	217	172
Replacement cattle	104	46	255

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 lower. Bulls were steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	197.50	$197.50	$583	-3.34
320	320	1	200.00	$200.00	$640	+8.83
365–395	379	5	177.00–185.00	$179.85	$682	-0.96
400–445	426	13	170.00–181.00	$175.84	$749	-8.15
450–495	475	16	170.00–181.00	$176.44	$838	-5.92
500–545	521	10	170.00–183.00	$175.27	$913	-2.67
550–580	564	4	161.00–172.00	$168.71	$952	-4.80
600–645	614	8	159.00–173.00	$166.46	$1,022	-5.12
660–695	680	4	148.00–160.00	$151.74	$1,032	-6.27
810	810	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,094	—
880	880	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,188	—
1055	1055	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,108	—
1160	1160	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,218	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	145.00	$145.00	$478	—
350–380	368	4	146.00–178.00	$166.79	$614	—
400–435	417	3	168.00–169.00	$168.32	$702	+5.41
460–490	475	2	164.00–165.00	$164.52	$781	-16.48
510	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	—
600–640	620	2	155.00–158.00	$156.55	$971	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	3	130.00–150.00	$141.64	$344	—
250–295	272	7	147.50–159.00	$155.61	$423	-5.43
300–345	322	20	145.00–165.00	$155.19	$500	-4.62
355–395	380	20	140.00–157.00	$151.55	$576	-6.60
400–445	420	26	143.00–163.00	$150.90	$634	-5.61
450–490	466	24	135.00–154.00	$146.93	$685	-6.00
505–540	519	12	132.50–148.00	$142.57	$740	-7.91
550–575	561	9	131.00–149.00	$139.88	$785	-5.01
600–630	617	10	120.00–146.00	$127.94	$789	-11.73
650–695	670	6	115.00–130.00	$122.25	$819	-14.74
705–735	720	2	115.00–123.00	$118.92	$856	+3.87
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	-17.46
820	820	1	90.00	$90.00	$738	—
850–855	853	2	98.00–100.00	$99.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–190	188	2	135.00–160.00	$147.33	$277	—
250–290	276	7	130.00–152.50	$139.77	$386	+11.77
330	330	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$470	+7.99
355–385	367	6	131.00–152.00	$142.27	$522	-0.65
400–445	419	8	137.00–142.00	$139.75	$586	-2.13
495	495	1	138.00	$138.00	$683	+3.53
505–545	525	3	114.00–125.00	$119.81	$629	-16.19
575–595	588	4	115.00–126.00	$119.22	$701	—
675	675	2	115.00–118.00	$116.50	$786	+1.46
700–745	729	4	90.00–100.00	$97.46	$710	+2.46
775–795	785	2	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	2	190.00–202.50	$196.33	$408	+3.56
265–285	271	5	181.00–215.00	$194.92	$528	+1.26
305–340	326	9	180.00–202.50	$193.35	$630	+7.06
350–395	374	6	168.00–184.00	$174.04	$651	-7.51
400–440	412	21	157.00–182.00	$172.29	$710	-6.45
450–495	469	14	159.00–179.00	$169.39	$794	-1.50
500–545	524	10	155.00–178.00	$164.22	$861	-5.88
550–570	559	4	145.00–160.00	$153.49	$858	-4.02
610–630	620	5	134.00–148.00	$141.60	$878	-8.60
655–690	672	3	130.00–136.00	$132.72	$892	-6.59
700–735	722	3	112.00–152.00	$133.08	$961	+2.69
795	795	1	117.00	$117.00	$930	+7.00
800	800	1	117.00	$117.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	4	140.00–162.50	$149.21	$336	-8.29
255–290	273	2	161.00–187.50	$175.10	$478	+55.10
305–345	324	8	120.00–175.00	$164.34	$532	-4.62
380–395	388	2	160.00–180.00	$169.81	$659	+4.90
400–430	415	2	142.00–168.00	$154.53	$641	-11.68
480–485	483	4	114.00–155.00	$134.50	$650	-20.39
505	505	1	142.00	$142.00	$717	-8.00
550	550	1	155.00	$155.00	$852	—
600–615	608	2	110.00–133.00	$121.64	$740	—
655	655	1	94.00	$94.00	$616	—
710	710	1	80.00	$80.00	$568	—
875	875	1	90.00	$90.00	$788	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–1075	820	85-90%	13	40.00–63.00	$54.92	$450	—
755–1405	1070	85-90%	31	64.00–81.00	$71.83	$769	-16.23
855–1335	1100	85-90%	13	83.00–92.50	$87.15	$959	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1535	1240	80-85%	20	77.00–96.00	$85.73	$1,063	-4.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,178	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1750	1343	12	100.00–115.00	$107.51	$1,444	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1140	1036	4	77.00–98.00	$90.10	$933	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–840	721	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–640.00	$587.97
665–905	726	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	850.00–1,225.00	$983.82
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
733	733	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	120.00	$120.00	$880

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–845	768	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	690.00–740.00	$717.52
780–955	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,075.00	$1,007.56
885–955	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$825.95
770–1085	921	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	800.00–1,450.00	$1,172.29
910–940	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00–1,075.00	$960.68
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
985–1110	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–1,275.00	$1,046.21

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
615	615	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00	$450.00	—
560–675	618	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	755.00–1,000.00	$888.91	—
735–960	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,143.36	—
550–1195	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	550.00–1,385.00	$1,244.45	—
975–1145	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,367.83	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
520	520	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—

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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.