Cattlemens Livestock Market Report

West Point, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 2, 2024

1,340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.00/cwt -11.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,258/hd at 547 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $242.96/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,480/hd at 609 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.39/cwt -4.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,118/hd at 471 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,340	1,272	883
Feeder cattle	781	1,045	655
Slaughter cattle	229	175	169
Replacement cattle	330	52	59

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steers sold lower $3-7. Heifers sold lower $5-10. Slaughter cows sold lower $4-7. Bulls sold steady to lower $1.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	340.00–365.00	$351.71	$978	+6.71
300–335	318	2	340.00–360.00	$349.45	$1,111	-3.32
360–395	379	6	300.00–322.00	$308.77	$1,170	-21.80
400–445	423	10	300.00–318.00	$308.56	$1,305	-18.77
455–485	469	5	275.00–300.00	$285.79	$1,340	-7.17
510–545	531	10	250.00–270.00	$255.29	$1,356	-6.24
560–595	574	8	250.00–266.00	$256.87	$1,474	+0.69
610–645	625	11	240.00–260.00	$247.89	$1,549	-5.31
830	830	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,826	-1.00
920	920	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,840	+30.00
1110	1110	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,776	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,279	—
514	514	12	260.00	$260.00	$1,336	—
603–615	609	24	239.00–247.00	$242.96	$1,480	—
665	665	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	220	3	250.00–300.00	$265.53	$584	—
300	300	1	316.00	$316.00	$948	+17.77
360–380	370	3	270.00–300.00	$284.86	$1,054	-14.26
400–430	417	3	250.00–275.00	$258.40	$1,078	-6.71
450–495	478	9	242.00–270.00	$254.36	$1,216	-3.41
500–530	509	5	170.00–250.00	$230.19	$1,172	-12.29
565–580	572	3	220.00–240.00	$233.41	$1,335	—
625	625	2	215.00–235.00	$225.00	$1,406	+10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	208	3	315.00–330.00	$321.60	$669	—
280	280	2	275.00–310.00	$292.50	$819	-24.45
300–340	326	4	285.00–305.00	$297.89	$971	-16.85
370–395	385	3	287.00–298.00	$290.87	$1,120	-15.11
400–445	426	17	235.00–252.00	$240.41	$1,024	-18.42
455–495	471	22	229.00–245.00	$237.39	$1,118	-4.88
500–540	522	11	220.00–240.00	$231.69	$1,209	-5.15
550–580	566	9	220.00–229.00	$224.80	$1,272	-0.73
605–630	618	4	215.00–228.00	$223.05	$1,378	+1.92
675–685	680	2	205.00–208.00	$206.49	$1,404	-5.51
725–730	728	2	170.00–190.00	$179.97	$1,310	—
780–795	788	2	160.00–185.00	$172.38	$1,358	+22.38
820–825	822	3	160.00–180.00	$171.67	$1,411	—
850	850	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,530	—
960	960	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,344	—
1005	1005	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,608	—
1125–1145	1135	3	123.00–140.00	$130.98	$1,487	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	37	230.00	$230.00	$1,258	—
555–561	558	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,283	—
661	661	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,454	—
800–820	815	12	179.00–180.00	$179.75	$1,465	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	225	4	250.00–295.00	$267.72	$602	—
260–295	273	8	200.00–260.00	$240.88	$658	—
305–335	314	7	250.00–260.00	$251.68	$790	-8.60
350–395	373	14	200.00–287.00	$245.50	$916	-14.01
495	495	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—
635	635	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,143	-27.50
835	835	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,102	-18.00
930	930	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,116	—

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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	223	3	365.00–395.00	$383.32	$855	—
250–280	265	5	375.00–400.00	$389.98	$1,033	+33.03
320–335	328	4	314.00–355.00	$327.16	$1,073	-21.34
350–395	375	8	300.00–308.00	$301.93	$1,132	-8.25
400–435	415	10	270.00–295.00	$284.89	$1,182	-5.07
460–495	477	10	244.00–260.00	$248.83	$1,187	-19.25
500–540	517	9	230.00–246.00	$238.18	$1,231	-2.52
550–595	572	9	220.00–242.00	$229.70	$1,314	-5.93
600–645	622	8	214.00–231.00	$221.68	$1,379	+4.12
655–695	679	5	211.00–227.00	$217.24	$1,475	+1.93
740	740	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,569	+4.26
765–780	773	2	208.00–209.00	$208.50	$1,612	+13.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	345.00	$345.00	$811	—
250–290	265	3	200.00–355.00	$272.58	$722	—
300–345	324	8	255.00–307.00	$275.64	$893	+2.49
350–395	371	5	270.00–300.00	$279.30	$1,036	+9.61
400–445	419	7	170.00–275.00	$239.15	$1,002	-16.11
450–490	474	6	220.00–250.00	$236.12	$1,119	-7.14
505–540	524	4	200.00–240.00	$224.38	$1,176	+1.66
585–590	588	2	140.00–215.00	$177.66	$1,045	-44.84
630	630	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,323	—
720	720	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,044	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1575	1191	80-85%	23	120.00–125.00	$122.17	$1,455	—
1050–1725	1255	80-85%	31	125.00–130.00	$127.86	$1,605	—
1075–1630	1268	80-85%	11	131.00–135.00	$133.11	$1,688	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1025	904	85-90%	16	100.00–108.00	$104.55	$945	-1.99
900–1170	998	85-90%	12	120.00–130.00	$122.85	$1,226	—
850–1315	1034	85-90%	32	110.00–119.00	$114.17	$1,181	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585	1585	75-80%	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,886	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,736	—
1195–2180	1673	10	144.00–158.00	$151.75	$2,539	—
1520–2225	1833	9	160.00–165.00	$162.37	$2,976	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–870	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,250.00	$1,055.75
730–1200	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,380.44
950–1200	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1095	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	120.00–144.00	$128.91	$1,213
1050–1215	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,473

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1230	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,100.00–2,450.00	$1,742.39
850–1305	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,600.00–2,400.00	$1,953.48
870–1200	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,200.00–2,400.00	$1,626.12
885–1360	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,050.00–1,750.00	$1,511.65
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00
915–1460	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,500.00–2,525.00	$2,213.99
930–1395	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	1,400.00–2,400.00	$1,908.51
990–1370	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,500.00–2,350.00	$1,933.73
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1150–1300	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,016.67
1175–1300	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,425.00
1200–1445	1298	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,625.00–1,750.00	$1,686.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1075	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	112.00–125.00	$119.11	$1,171
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,403
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,514
960–1235	1127	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	120.00–126.00	$123.95	$1,397
1165–1480	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	130.00–133.00	$131.68	$1,742

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–925	903	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,625.62
850–1100	989	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,600.00–2,450.00	$2,072.22
900–1100	992	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,850.00–2,550.00	$2,089.58
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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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
820–875	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–2,400.00	$1,916.86	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
780–975	867	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,825.40	—
880	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
680–1175	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	1,575.00–2,300.00	$2,123.40	—
865–1165	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,500.00–2,300.00	$2,096.90	—
720–1170	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,000.00–2,375.00	$2,279.93	-470.07
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–1075	888	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,851.78	—

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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.