Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

1,544 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.63/cwt ≈ $755/hd at 479 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $185.48/cwt +2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 487 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.00/cwt -2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 473 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,544	950	1,172
Feeder cattle	1,341	682	923
Slaughter cattle	175	169	175
Replacement cattle	28	99	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold higher $2-10. Heifers were mixed $3 higher to $3 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls sold $1 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	279	5	200.00–236.00	$220.92	$616	+20.92
325–345	333	3	210.00–235.00	$221.50	$738	+16.83
350–390	373	9	192.00–212.50	$203.46	$759	+2.13
400–445	429	20	190.00–215.00	$202.79	$870	+7.55
450–495	471	8	180.00–200.00	$190.14	$896	+10.34
505–545	519	9	171.00–193.00	$179.61	$932	+4.19
560–590	573	6	167.00–180.00	$170.83	$979	-0.87
600–640	621	10	158.00–168.00	$161.19	$1,001	+1.46
650–680	667	5	157.00–163.00	$160.17	$1,068	+5.51
745	745	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,185	+14.00
750	750	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,185	+20.51
1365	1365	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,447	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	8	190.00	$190.00	$800	-10.00
465–489	487	33	184.00–201.00	$185.48	$903	+2.48
525	525	10	186.00	$186.00	$976	+7.00
559–581	566	23	150.00–175.00	$167.19	$946	-10.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	221	5	120.00–185.00	$160.88	$356	-16.59
320–345	330	3	158.00–184.00	$166.40	$549	+8.84
365–395	380	5	175.00–195.00	$181.14	$688	+1.07
400–430	415	10	120.00–189.00	$167.85	$697	+18.85
450–495	473	7	149.00–180.00	$167.57	$793	+11.96
505–530	522	3	144.00–165.00	$156.27	$816	-13.73
555–560	558	2	148.00–156.00	$152.02	$848	-5.74
670	670	1	149.00	$149.00	$998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–185	182	3	155.00–175.00	$161.61	$294	—
200–220	210	3	160.00–180.00	$171.43	$360	+6.08
260–280	271	5	164.00–175.00	$169.83	$460	+3.88
300–345	326	12	160.00–180.00	$167.32	$545	-4.14
355–395	376	17	157.00–179.00	$164.18	$617	-2.82
400–445	424	24	144.00–166.00	$158.66	$673	-3.20
450–495	473	26	150.00–162.00	$157.00	$743	-2.25
500–545	517	21	145.00–165.00	$153.01	$791	-0.70
550–595	565	18	142.00–160.00	$150.01	$848	+4.56
600–645	617	12	135.00–155.00	$145.73	$899	+4.10
670–685	676	4	135.00–145.00	$138.76	$938	-5.17
715–735	725	2	138.00–140.00	$139.01	$1,008	+6.52
790	790	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,090	—
960	960	1	100.00	$100.00	$960	—
1095	1095	1	90.00	$90.00	$986	—
1115	1115	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,115	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–444	426	23	140.00–165.00	$155.55	$663	-13.45
472–499	479	45	156.50–158.00	$157.63	$755	—
525–530	527	16	150.00–154.00	$152.47	$804	—
668	668	5	149.00	$149.00	$995	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–185	176	4	140.00–200.00	$166.86	$294	+46.86
215–235	222	3	120.00–150.00	$133.23	$296	-10.68
250–285	267	5	110.00–154.00	$130.77	$349	-10.01
305–330	318	4	135.00–159.00	$146.65	$466	+5.05
350–395	377	6	120.00–156.00	$139.91	$527	-5.00
405–435	423	4	140.00–146.00	$142.67	$603	+0.33
465–485	475	4	134.00–144.00	$139.97	$665	-4.03
505–545	525	2	124.00–140.00	$132.30	$695	+3.63
565–575	570	2	134.00–136.00	$135.01	$770	-2.99
625–630	628	2	125.00–127.00	$126.00	$791	-5.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	227.50–255.00	$242.01	$653	+46.71
300–345	331	8	198.00–235.00	$218.96	$725	+20.62
355–390	373	8	185.00–198.00	$192.49	$718	+0.02
400–445	423	19	150.00–200.00	$183.07	$774	+1.29
450–495	470	19	150.00–178.00	$166.39	$782	-3.61
500–545	525	6	155.00–168.00	$159.94	$840	-5.12
550–590	570	11	140.00–160.00	$151.85	$866	+0.57
615–630	622	5	140.00–153.00	$146.98	$914	-5.02
650–670	658	3	140.00–145.00	$141.70	$932	—
795	795	1	125.00	$125.00	$994	—
840	840	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	120.00–150.00	$135.65	$312	—
255–290	273	5	130.00–185.00	$164.21	$448	-20.79
310–345	323	3	130.00–155.00	$141.68	$458	-32.26
365–395	375	7	120.00–190.00	$145.42	$545	-22.29
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	$668	—
450–495	476	7	140.00–165.00	$149.40	$711	-6.19
505–545	528	6	135.00–150.00	$140.57	$742	-9.07
550	550	1	152.00	$152.00	$836	—
610	610	1	135.00	$135.00	$824	—
690	690	1	134.00	$134.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	167.00	$167.00	$785	—
596	596	5	140.00	$140.00	$834	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1245	1047	85-90%	8	50.00–59.00	$55.61	$582	-26.39
790–1360	1073	85-90%	61	60.00–79.00	$71.99	$772	—
970–1405	1140	85-90%	26	79.00–88.00	$82.90	$945	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1535	1268	80-85%	21	75.00–89.00	$80.66	$1,023	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1610	1610	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,208	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2065	1556	10	95.00–115.00	$106.94	$1,664	+1.39

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1835	1219	4	85.00–92.00	$88.93	$1,084	+0.25

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1020	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	86.00–105.00	$99.28	$862
810–990	927	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	64.00–97.00	$77.18	$715

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–960	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–900.00	$787.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1080	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$917.51
865–1120	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	500.00–940.00	$811.13
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1120–1250	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,085.00–1,200.00	$1,145.65
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1360	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	74.00–88.00	$82.31	$952
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$895
1045–1525	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	82.50–84.00	$83.11	$1,068

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 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.