Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 24, 2022

1,371 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.12/cwt +0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $598/hd at 424 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $162.45/cwt +7.42 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 421 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.86/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 468 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,371	1,150	1,127
Feeder cattle	1,081	903	927
Slaughter cattle	193	178	116
Replacement cattle	97	69	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week prices looked better. Feeder steers were steady to $9 higher. Heifers sold steady to $4 higher. Slaughter cows sold $1-3 higher. Bulls were $3 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	220	3	160.00–170.00	$163.56	$360	+1.56
260–295	273	5	165.00–175.00	$168.29	$459	-1.29
300–345	324	7	159.00–179.00	$167.45	$543	-2.06
350–390	368	13	160.00–181.00	$171.05	$629	+4.09
400–445	423	23	160.00–179.00	$171.65	$726	+9.35
450–495	474	19	160.00–173.00	$167.20	$793	+4.37
500–545	520	14	155.00–168.00	$164.32	$854	+5.99
550–590	570	21	149.00–164.00	$160.46	$915	+0.12
605–640	624	10	145.00–161.00	$152.78	$953	-5.20
655–695	678	9	149.00–154.00	$150.20	$1,018	-0.78
715–725	720	2	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$1,055	+2.17
750–790	763	4	140.00–149.00	$145.43	$1,110	—
815–845	830	2	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$1,037	-11.09
880	880	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,232	—
905	905	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,267	—
1180	1180	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,027	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	230	4	120.00–150.00	$132.99	$306	-11.49
255–295	277	3	135.00–150.00	$141.03	$391	-5.47
325	325	1	164.00	$164.00	$533	+21.81
370–385	380	3	150.00–155.00	$153.38	$583	+4.95
415–435	423	4	135.00–159.00	$147.17	$623	—
450–480	469	4	150.00–155.00	$152.56	$716	+5.14
500–545	516	7	137.00–150.00	$143.15	$739	-5.05
585–590	587	3	122.00–145.00	$132.30	$777	—
610–630	620	2	135.00–138.00	$136.48	$846	—
655–695	675	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$895	-17.43
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	145.00–150.00	$147.30	$328	+3.30
250–285	268	12	140.00–149.00	$144.61	$388	-0.86
300–345	324	23	139.00–149.00	$145.49	$471	-0.08
350–395	373	23	140.00–147.00	$144.17	$538	+2.40
400–445	424	37	135.00–146.00	$141.12	$598	+3.50
450–495	468	26	130.00–145.00	$137.86	$645	-0.88
500–545	514	23	125.00–139.00	$132.92	$683	-2.76
555–595	574	13	125.00–136.00	$130.08	$747	+1.54
605–645	627	14	125.00–134.00	$130.41	$818	+4.40
650–695	675	13	120.00–135.00	$128.41	$867	+6.11
705–725	717	5	125.00–129.00	$127.21	$912	+3.79
750–795	766	6	115.00–129.00	$122.59	$939	+16.31
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	+8.98
980	980	1	96.00	$96.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–185	178	4	130.00	$130.00	$231	—
205–215	210	2	128.00–132.00	$130.05	$273	+10.05
265	265	1	132.00	$132.00	$350	+5.71
315–345	328	3	130.00–145.00	$138.76	$455	+10.51
350–395	370	3	115.00–142.00	$132.39	$490	+4.99
415–445	428	3	133.00–137.00	$135.02	$578	+2.11
470–495	483	3	124.00–128.00	$125.63	$607	-6.16
500–540	515	3	110.00–122.00	$117.15	$603	-8.80
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	+4.93
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	+5.00
720–740	730	2	100.00–110.00	$104.93	$766	-0.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	148.00	$148.00	$259	—
285–295	292	3	160.00–174.00	$164.72	$481	+0.11
305–335	321	10	143.00–176.00	$168.82	$542	+4.02
350–395	371	17	154.00–175.00	$164.50	$610	+2.25
400–445	421	27	145.00–170.00	$162.45	$684	+7.42
450–495	470	16	145.00–165.00	$154.50	$726	+1.59
500–535	518	10	140.00–153.00	$147.32	$763	+5.81
550–580	564	8	135.00–151.00	$144.97	$818	+4.29
600–635	616	10	134.00–151.00	$145.05	$894	+8.69
660–670	667	3	130.00–146.00	$138.00	$920	+9.89
725–745	735	3	128.00–138.00	$131.96	$970	+6.47
755	755	1	126.00	$126.00	$951	+5.61
855	855	1	114.00	$114.00	$975	—
940	940	1	92.00	$92.00	$865	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	130.00	$130.00	$234	—
265–290	278	2	140.00–160.00	$150.45	$418	+6.95
300–345	331	5	130.00–164.00	$148.16	$490	+18.16
430–445	438	2	130.00–133.00	$131.47	$576	-20.07
455	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	+7.38
515–540	523	3	132.00–148.00	$141.77	$741	+16.37
570	570	1	120.00	$120.00	$684	-7.00
710	710	1	132.50	$132.50	$941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	100.00	$100.00	$375	—
520	520	1	80.00	$80.00	$416	—
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—
785	785	1	73.00	$73.00	$573	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1370	1041	85-90%	31	26.00–54.00	$45.52	$474	—
1000–1290	1160	85-90%	7	65.00–71.00	$67.00	$777	—
885–1635	1163	85-90%	63	52.00–65.00	$58.34	$678	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1655	1292	80-85%	23	60.00–70.00	$63.40	$819	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1465	1378	75-80%	5	50.00–60.00	$53.67	$740	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–2140	1478	9	55.00–90.00	$78.60	$1,162	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1905	1716	7	90.00–103.00	$97.61	$1,675	+3.05

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00
700–940	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–850.00	$718.59
715–1045	886	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	450.00–650.00	$589.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085–1090	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	58.00–80.00	$69.03	$751

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–945	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	650.00–770.00	$716.34
885–985	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	635.00–800.00	$731.62
900–1235	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	785.00–1,500.00	$1,053.54
925–1060	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–985.00	$886.21
850–1310	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	650.00–1,400.00	$959.55
1150–1200	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,000.00	$961.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$728
1030–1360	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	60.00–65.00	$62.15	$743

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
915	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-575.00
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	-100.00
935–1025	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,200.00	$1,087.07	—

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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.