Sale reports / Mississippi / Johnson Stockyard / 2026-02-18

Johnson Stockyard

Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kosciusko, Mississippi · Wed, Feb 18

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3900

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

78 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 110▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 14▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 5-20 higher. Not enough data to call a trend on slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $426.47/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 10 of 9 comparable sales and sits +70.51 against this barn's trailing median of $355.97.

Average price

$426.47

7 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$51.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.72

vs MS average

−2.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	441.06	2,334	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	390.00	2,126	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.06/cwt here — about $209 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 sale7 hd

426.47

—

MS average14 barns · 172 hd

398.76

+27.72

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−2.70

This barn, trailing median9 sales

355.97

+70.51

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	142.50	1,639	2thin

Every lot

31 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,015	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,210	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,474	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	444.54/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,329	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	434.63/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,490	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	420.08/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,596	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,396	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	344.97/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,484	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	526.55/cwt	510.00–545.00	1,701	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	457.10/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,892	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	462.87/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,981	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	469.89/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,284	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	463.44/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,373	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	407.50/cwt	370.00–445.00	2,262	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,256	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,580	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,458	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,813	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	477.38/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,258	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,298	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,446	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,418	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,829	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Johnson Stockyard - Kosciusko, Mississippi

Wed Feb 18, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 110Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 14Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 5-20 higher. Not enough data to call a trend on slaughter cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,355	135.00	135.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	595.00	595.00
2	450–500	473	475.00–480.00	477.38
1	500–550	505	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	645	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	670	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	645	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	450.00–465.00	462.87
6	450–500	486	465.00–480.00	469.89
2	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
3	600–650	631	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	510.00–545.00	526.55
5	400–450	414	450.00–470.00	457.10
1	450–500	450	475.00	475.00
3	500–550	512	425.00–490.00	463.44
2	550–600	555	370.00–445.00	407.50
1	650–700	670	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	510	485.00	485.00
5	550–600	573	420.00–475.00	434.63
2	600–650	618	400.00–440.00	420.08
2	700–750	720	340.00–350.00	344.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	510.00	510.00
3	400–450	442	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	524	435.00–465.00	444.54
7	600–650	639	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	475.00	475.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.