Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 11, 2023

1,014 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.33/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 375 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.26/cwt +7.46 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 424 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $247.09/cwt +5.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 425 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,014	1,068	721
Feeder cattle	721	910	606
Slaughter cattle	198	133	96
Replacement cattle	95	25	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steers sold higher $5-10. Heifers sold higher $2-12. Slaughter cows sold lower $3-5. Bulls sold lower $2.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	213	4	260.00–285.00	$270.62	$576	+5.62
260–285	271	4	275.00–300.00	$287.67	$780	+42.80
300–340	324	8	255.00–275.00	$264.35	$856	-10.57
350–395	379	10	250.00–275.00	$257.83	$977	+6.35
400–445	425	18	240.00–260.00	$247.09	$1,050	+5.88
450–495	476	16	230.00–250.00	$239.78	$1,141	-1.07
500–545	518	8	223.00–238.00	$233.27	$1,208	+4.65
565–595	581	10	225.00–237.00	$230.79	$1,341	+11.10
605–620	613	4	210.00–231.00	$218.99	$1,342	+16.30
660–695	681	7	200.00–220.00	$206.51	$1,406	+18.94
710–735	723	2	204.00–216.00	$210.10	$1,519	+25.10
760–770	765	2	196.00–216.00	$206.07	$1,576	—
830	830	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,411	+3.00
950	950	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	225.00–245.00	$235.21	$553	—
275–285	280	2	260.00	$260.00	$728	—
305–330	313	3	200.00–250.00	$233.78	$732	-12.64
350–380	362	5	225.00–247.00	$237.50	$860	+7.12
405–440	422	5	220.00–242.00	$233.63	$986	+14.71
470–475	473	2	220.00–235.00	$227.54	$1,076	+2.83
515–525	520	3	200.00–216.00	$205.33	$1,068	—
550–585	568	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,193	+22.45
625	625	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,300	+24.02
660	660	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,307	—
715–720	718	2	190.00–204.00	$197.02	$1,415	+17.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	200.00	$200.00	$350	—
200–245	226	5	230.00–260.00	$244.73	$553	—
250–290	275	9	232.00–260.00	$239.42	$658	-0.45
300–345	325	16	226.00–258.00	$240.51	$782	+2.67
350–395	375	24	220.00–245.00	$233.33	$875	+1.62
400–445	424	24	220.00–243.00	$233.26	$989	+7.46
450–485	464	12	218.00–238.00	$228.53	$1,060	+13.55
500–545	528	15	200.00–220.00	$210.44	$1,111	+6.14
550–590	563	11	200.00–233.00	$209.43	$1,179	+14.94
600–635	623	6	190.00–200.00	$197.81	$1,232	+18.33
650–690	668	6	180.00–200.00	$189.14	$1,263	+17.18
705–740	723	6	170.00–192.00	$178.27	$1,289	+14.27
770–795	778	5	165.00–186.00	$179.20	$1,394	+27.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	229	4	200.00–225.00	$209.64	$480	+3.20
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	-6.71
325–345	338	6	205.00–224.00	$214.87	$726	+15.54
355–385	368	8	200.00–220.00	$206.88	$761	-4.40
425–445	436	4	200.00–210.00	$204.79	$893	+2.64
455–495	482	11	190.00–220.00	$208.90	$1,007	+10.73
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	+15.57
550–580	565	2	190.00–195.00	$192.43	$1,087	+13.67
685	685	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,199	+21.43

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	170.00	$170.00	$374	—
250–280	268	3	120.00–150.00	$140.68	$377	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	232	3	260.00–285.00	$273.38	$634	+23.38
255–275	264	4	265.00–295.00	$281.33	$743	+16.10
310–330	322	5	250.00–275.00	$258.76	$833	+11.03
350–395	372	12	230.00–260.00	$245.42	$913	+1.77
400–445	430	9	220.00–242.00	$233.09	$1,002	-6.87
450–495	470	13	220.00–238.00	$227.89	$1,071	-3.52
500–545	523	5	212.00–230.00	$219.96	$1,150	-1.68
560–585	572	6	212.00–220.00	$217.63	$1,245	+1.86
615–630	623	5	200.00–214.00	$208.16	$1,297	+2.13
665–695	675	4	185.00–200.00	$192.24	$1,298	+5.66
705	705	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	+20.00
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	240.00	$240.00	$456	—
205–215	210	2	200.00–240.00	$220.48	$463	-4.52
250–290	270	2	250.00–255.00	$252.69	$682	+6.41
300–340	325	4	225.00–250.00	$235.96	$767	+35.96
420	420	2	230.00–238.00	$234.00	$983	+9.00
450–470	464	5	185.00–233.00	$205.58	$954	-4.67
520–545	531	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,062	±0.00
615–640	628	2	190.00–195.00	$192.55	$1,209	-3.45
910	910	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1145	919	85-90%	12	53.00–74.00	$68.47	$629	+4.45
900–1340	1054	85-90%	9	90.00–96.00	$92.13	$971	—
800–1445	1077	85-90%	44	75.00–89.00	$83.56	$900	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1535	1253	80-85%	47	84.00–100.00	$90.58	$1,135	-5.50
1260–1375	1318	80-85%	2	104.00–106.00	$105.04	$1,384	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2225	1595	9	105.00–120.00	$114.96	$1,834	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1005	884	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	825.00–1,075.00	$932.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–910	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	56.00–140.00	$93.48	$765
885–940	913	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	88.00–89.00	$88.48	$808

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–606	602	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	440.00–475.00	$448.58

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–800	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–850.00	$678.91
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
785–1105	896	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–1,200.00	$990.06
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
905–1115	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,310.40
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
655–715	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	300.00–555.00	$450.86
615–735	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	450.00–640.00	$583.96
695	695	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
715	715	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	100.00	$100.00	$990
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$828
1105	1105	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$829

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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
820–1075	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,505.36	—
1080–1225	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,562.45	—
1080–1245	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,836.83	—

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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.