Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

954 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.97/cwt -2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 423 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.14/cwt -1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 475 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $168.48/cwt -9.88 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 525 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	954	1,077	954
Feeder cattle	742	860	670
Slaughter cattle	130	151	214
Replacement cattle	82	66	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cows were lower 1-2. Bull sold steady. Feeder steers were lower 2-6. Heifers were lower 1-3.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	185.00–210.00	$197.10	$459	—
270–290	279	4	180.00–195.00	$186.37	$520	—
325–330	328	3	170.00–188.00	$177.61	$583	-7.39
355–390	376	8	160.00–175.00	$169.01	$635	-12.99
410–445	417	7	170.00–177.00	$172.76	$720	-3.85
460–490	478	10	163.00–177.00	$171.54	$820	-6.49
500–545	522	14	159.00–170.00	$164.80	$860	-7.27
565–590	581	6	157.00–164.00	$158.81	$923	-10.21
600–635	618	4	150.00–159.00	$155.20	$959	-2.33
660–675	667	3	141.00–150.00	$144.98	$967	-9.94
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
875	875	1	108.00	$108.00	$945	-21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	170.00	$170.00	$626	—
500–539	525	23	165.00–175.50	$168.48	$885	-9.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
265	265	1	120.00	$120.00	$318	—
315–335	323	5	125.00–169.00	$155.32	$502	-4.68
370–395	383	4	140.00–164.00	$150.71	$577	-9.29
415–420	418	2	145.00–170.00	$157.43	$658	-0.84
485–495	490	3	146.00–156.00	$150.63	$738	—
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	+3.25
550–555	552	3	145.00–150.00	$146.66	$810	+6.70
600–605	603	2	140.00–149.00	$144.48	$871	—
690	690	1	130.00	$130.00	$897	±0.00
900	900	1	80.00	$80.00	$720	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	166.00	$166.00	$282	—
200–240	223	8	140.00–148.00	$143.21	$319	-15.72
290–295	293	4	145.00–160.00	$151.74	$445	-1.94
305–345	323	11	149.00–164.00	$155.30	$502	-1.70
355–390	372	17	140.00–156.00	$147.36	$548	-7.64
400–445	423	29	140.00–155.00	$147.97	$626	-2.04
455–495	475	24	135.00–152.00	$145.14	$689	-1.65
500–540	523	12	133.00–148.00	$140.76	$736	-2.51
550–590	570	8	129.00–144.00	$135.63	$773	-1.68
605–635	617	5	125.00–138.00	$129.92	$802	+1.05
710–745	730	3	109.00–117.00	$113.63	$829	-3.25
785	785	1	122.00	$122.00	$958	—
865–875	870	2	116.00–118.00	$116.99	$1,018	—
910–945	930	4	96.00–112.00	$104.77	$974	—
975	975	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,131	+14.00
1075	1075	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	114.00–126.00	$119.61	$275	—
250–295	270	8	120.00–144.00	$132.90	$359	-4.70
300–340	324	12	120.00–145.00	$135.40	$439	-2.20
355–395	371	8	125.00–147.00	$135.25	$502	-0.22
405–440	417	9	115.00–137.00	$128.00	$534	-4.00
450–485	468	6	120.00–140.00	$130.05	$609	-4.44
505–530	518	2	127.00–130.00	$128.54	$666	-0.34
565–590	574	5	122.00–133.00	$127.85	$734	+3.55
615	615	1	121.00	$121.00	$744	±0.00
705	705	1	102.00	$102.00	$719	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	7	157.00	$157.00	$601	-3.00
449	449	7	150.00	$150.00	$674	-9.00
570	570	7	140.00	$140.00	$798	-4.55
631	631	7	133.00	$133.00	$839	—
870	870	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	10	135.00	$135.00	$405	—
400	400	8	127.00	$127.00	$508	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	230	4	162.00–200.00	$177.22	$408	-7.78
260–280	267	5	170.00–190.00	$178.88	$478	-6.83
310–345	328	8	160.00–185.00	$173.16	$568	-8.54
355–385	370	14	150.00–170.00	$161.87	$599	-6.90
405–445	424	15	150.00–174.00	$164.42	$697	-1.33
450 thin fleshed	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
450–495	467	11	148.00–170.00	$159.69	$746	-3.18
500–535	518	13	145.00–170.00	$157.25	$815	+6.97
560–575	570	3	140.00–150.00	$146.73	$836	-10.79
600–635	613	4	137.00–139.00	$138.24	$847	-0.59
650	650	1	128.00	$128.00	$832	-2.00
795	795	1	110.00	$110.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
250–285	268	2	144.00–154.00	$148.67	$398	-11.86
310–345	333	3	135.00–159.00	$144.17	$480	-15.63
350–390	365	9	140.00–165.00	$151.98	$555	-7.48
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	-34.51
470–490	479	5	134.00–164.00	$146.64	$702	+1.08
520–545	530	3	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$662	-2.58
550	550	1	146.00	$146.00	$803	+15.22
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
660–665	663	2	120.00–128.00	$124.02	$822	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,400.00	—
1410–1825	1583	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,888.61	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1030	917	85-90%	15	42.00–55.00	$51.28	$470	-0.27
805–1215	1028	85-90%	41	57.00–70.00	$64.85	$667	-1.78
870–1320	1119	85-90%	23	72.00–85.00	$75.38	$844	-1.29

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1195	1148	80-85%	3	80.00–84.00	$82.03	$942	—
1040–1645	1304	80-85%	4	72.50–77.00	$74.75	$975	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1970	1649	8	100.00–117.00	$108.89	$1,796	+3.42

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1390	1228	8	85.00–95.00	$90.90	$1,116	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00
710–1010	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–890.00	$728.63

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–1135	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	450.00–1,100.00	$885.25
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
610–1110	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	600.00–1,200.00	$1,006.08
895–1075	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–675.00	$665.89
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1030–1325	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–900.00	$845.68

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	435.00	$435.00

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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
715–915	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,083.89	+174.75
625–1050	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–1,250.00	$1,072.76	+163.62
870–1115	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,182.77	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
515	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	540.00	$540.00	—
485–670	578	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–450.00	$429.00	—
640	640	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	685.00	$685.00	—

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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.