Sale reports / Mississippi / Johnson Stockyard / 2026-02-11

Johnson Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kosciusko, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3900
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 27▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 4▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 12▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last market: Feeder cattle sold steady to 15 higher, slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold 1 load of heifers on the board 750lbs. $345.5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.67/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +17.70 against this barn's trailing median of $355.97.
Average price
$373.67
12 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$82.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.46
vs MS average
−50.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539387.502,0894thin
Medium and Large 1539375.582,0257thin
Medium and Large 2590305.001,8001thin
One grade step is worth $82.50/cwt here — about $289 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
373.67
—
MS average14 barns · 402 hd
392.13
−18.46
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−50.28
This barn, trailing median9 sales
355.97
+17.70
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

9 sales
437388340291median 355.9704/1507/0808/0509/3010/21
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.58, low $305.24, median $355.97 across 9 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—Average1,248175.002,1832thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,093162.001,7712thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,073142.961,5345thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$3,1751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$3,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,085$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)895$2,3342thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2804
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523408.22/cwt400.00–415.002,1353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3936
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570405.15/cwt375.00–437.502,3092
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629373.03/cwt371.00–374.002,3466
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372465.00/cwt410.00–520.001,7303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416393.08/cwt340.00–455.001,6357
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463414.18/cwt385.00–450.001,9186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514398.62/cwt364.00–415.002,0494
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0894
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573344.85/cwt330.00–355.001,9763
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,1719
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267575.41/cwt500.00–640.001,5363
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328469.85/cwt450.00–490.001,5412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2354575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,0366
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378504.98/cwt490.00–525.001,9093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476445.79/cwt420.00–475.002,1224
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2493427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,1083
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530395.64/cwt365.00–450.002,0974
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668318.34/cwt300.00–330.002,1273
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,185170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0151
Bulls——1,310180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120151.60/cwt150.00–154.001,6983
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28952,334.08/head2,200.00–2,450.002,3342
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1933,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2703,175.00/head3,175.00–3,175.003,1751

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.