Sale reports / Mississippi / Johnson Stockyard / 2025-06-25

Johnson Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kosciusko, Mississippi · Wed, Jun 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3900
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 30▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 12▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady, Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Sold 1 load of heifers on board sale, @ 800lbs. $2.805/lb.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $269.98/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −93.86 against this barn's trailing median of $363.84.
Average price
$269.98
2 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−70.57
vs MS average
−99.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563269.981,5202thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
269.98
—
MS average13 barns · 366 hd
340.55
−70.57
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−99.60
This barn, trailing median8 sales
363.84
−93.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
484429375321median 363.8405/2007/2909/0210/2110/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.72, low $334.86, median $363.84 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,635185.503,0332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,301157.082,0449thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average998126.001,2583thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)820$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,380$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,0001thin

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Johnson Stockyard - Kosciusko, Mississippi
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368347.98/cwt332.50–365.001,2812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5989
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563269.98/cwt265.00–275.001,5202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320318.85/cwt312.50–325.001,0202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365260.00/cwt260.00–260.009491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470311.25/cwt307.50–315.001,4632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518288.55/cwt275.00–302.501,4952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0921
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325325.00/cwt300.00–350.001,0562
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450296.25/cwt292.50–300.001,3332
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2504297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4994
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540282.57/cwt275.00–290.001,5262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575269.91/cwt265.00–275.001,5522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615257.32/cwt250.00–265.001,5832
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3511
Bulls——1,845206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,8011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%780126.00/cwt126.00–126.009831
Cows—Lean 85-90%790112.00/cwt112.00–112.008851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247156.21/cwt151.50–161.001,9486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,8501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,425140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490164.22/cwt162.00–166.502,4472
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2745187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3971
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28202,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.