Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

1,150 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.04/cwt +3.81 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 420 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.74/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 470 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.99/cwt +1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 520 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,150	1,327	1,728
Feeder cattle	903	1,126	1,333
Slaughter cattle	178	162	250
Replacement cattle	69	39	145

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mixed, $6 higher to $3 lower. Heifers sold $1-8 higher. Slaughter cows sold $3-4 lower. Bulls were $2-3 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	162.00	$162.00	$373	+2.26
260–295	276	4	160.00–175.00	$169.58	$468	+4.52
305–330	318	6	160.00–176.00	$169.51	$539	+6.18
355–390	370	10	160.00–174.00	$166.96	$618	+2.37
400–445	425	16	155.00–170.00	$162.30	$690	-3.32
450–495	474	14	155.00–170.00	$162.83	$772	-1.78
500–540	513	5	155.00–164.00	$158.33	$812	-3.86
550–590	568	8	155.00–166.00	$160.34	$911	+4.19
600–645	618	8	155.00–162.00	$157.98	$976	+6.64
650–690	667	7	150.00–155.00	$150.98	$1,007	—
700–745	725	9	140.00–148.00	$144.33	$1,046	—
818	818	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,112	—
1055	1055	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,055	—
1335	1335	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,335	+20.00
1580	1580	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,422	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–185	175	2	152.00–157.00	$154.64	$271	—
220–240	231	5	128.00–160.00	$144.48	$334	—
250–290	273	8	130.00–160.00	$146.50	$400	+4.93
305–345	328	8	120.00–160.00	$142.19	$466	-3.84
350–370	362	3	140.00–160.00	$148.43	$537	-2.10
450–460	455	2	140.00–155.00	$147.42	$671	+12.30
505–545	535	5	141.00–160.00	$148.20	$793	+5.20
660	660	1	150.00	$150.00	$990	—
850	850	1	115.00	$115.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	9	145.00	$145.00	$1,024	—
943	943	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,179	—
1018	1018	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,262	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	110.00	$110.00	$143	—
185–195	190	2	140.00–152.00	$145.84	$277	—
245	245	1	144.00	$144.00	$353	+3.46
250–295	277	6	140.00–150.00	$145.47	$403	+11.95
300–340	321	11	140.00–153.00	$145.57	$467	+8.67
350–395	372	16	138.00–147.00	$141.77	$527	+3.54
400–445	419	20	120.00–144.00	$137.62	$577	+0.39
415–440 fancy	430	3	157.00–175.00	$163.81	$704	—
450–495	470	19	135.00–150.00	$138.74	$652	+1.75
500–545	520	16	130.00–141.00	$135.68	$706	-1.19
520 fancy	520	1	175.00	$175.00	$910	—
565–590	579	11	121.00–134.00	$128.54	$744	+1.80
600–645	628	13	120.00–129.00	$126.01	$791	+1.04
650–695	671	8	115.00–128.00	$122.30	$821	-0.72
705–730	720	7	110.00–134.00	$123.42	$889	+8.44
760–795	775	3	99.00–120.00	$106.28	$824	-13.72
830–835	833	3	90.00–113.00	$101.02	$841	—
855–895	873	4	80.00–100.00	$89.15	$778	—
940	940	1	100.00	$100.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	222	3	120.00	$120.00	$266	±0.00
250–295	276	8	110.00–145.00	$126.29	$349	+4.58
300–335	315	10	110.00–148.00	$128.25	$404	+4.30
360–370	365	2	120.00–135.00	$127.40	$465	-4.18
430–440	435	2	125.00–141.00	$132.91	$578	+2.59
450–490	467	3	125.00–141.00	$131.79	$615	+5.03
500–515	507	3	120.00–130.00	$125.95	$639	—
560–585	570	3	110.00–120.00	$115.07	$656	-7.48
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	-5.00
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—
805	805	1	65.00	$65.00	$523	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	165.00	$165.00	$388	-0.66
250–290	271	4	157.00–175.00	$164.61	$446	-0.91
310–345	332	6	159.00–169.00	$164.80	$547	+1.99
360–395	376	8	148.00–169.00	$162.25	$610	+2.46
400–445	417	16	145.00–164.00	$155.03	$646	-2.38
450–495	468	9	144.00–157.00	$152.91	$716	-3.34
500–545	521	14	129.00–149.00	$141.51	$737	+1.47
555–595	576	11	134.00–155.00	$140.68	$810	+1.47
600–645	616	9	125.00–144.00	$136.36	$840	+1.96
650–690	669	8	120.00–133.00	$128.11	$857	-1.01
705–730	718	2	125.00–126.00	$125.49	$901	+6.50
755–790	775	5	120.00–122.00	$120.39	$933	—
800–845	828	4	90.00–105.00	$99.89	$827	-0.11
905	905	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	-5.01
1055	1055	1	87.00	$87.00	$918	—
1170	1170	1	82.00	$82.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	135.00–152.00	$143.50	$359	-1.31
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	-10.65
355–390	370	3	130.00–169.00	$145.76	$539	+4.69
400–405	403	2	145.00–158.00	$151.54	$611	+6.82
450–495	473	2	130.00–135.00	$132.62	$627	-6.55
500–520	513	4	110.00–135.00	$125.40	$643	-4.67
560	560	1	127.00	$127.00	$711	-4.53
620–645	628	3	121.00–131.00	$127.37	$800	—
670–695	683	2	70.00–100.00	$84.73	$579	—
790	790	1	108.00	$108.00	$853	-5.53
880	880	1	60.00	$60.00	$528	—
900	900	1	70.00	$70.00	$630	—
1030	1030	1	80.00	$80.00	$824	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1340	978	85-90%	34	20.00–51.00	$42.08	$412	—
990–1165	1099	85-90%	4	65.00–66.00	$65.25	$717	—
825–1615	1142	85-90%	42	50.00–62.00	$56.27	$643	-4.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1440	1241	80-85%	12	56.00–71.00	$63.27	$785	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–2015	1704	12	90.00–100.00	$94.56	$1,611	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1885	1409	10	71.00–89.00	$83.56	$1,177	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1070	914	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	475.00–725.00	$648.97
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$603
920–1170	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	55.00–69.00	$60.66	$639

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
750–1265	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	700.00–1,100.00	$909.95
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00
845–1120	986	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	600.00–950.00	$807.62
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
955–1300	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–1,200.00	$1,002.11
1150–1290	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,051.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–965	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–80.00	$66.25	$582
1050–1070	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–60.00	$57.52	$610
1085–1125	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	60.00–64.00	$61.96	$685

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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
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1100–1190	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	785.00–1,225.00	$996.35	—

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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.