Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2019-10-15

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 134▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 21▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cows/Bulls were steady to 3 lower; Feeder Steers/Heifers were Steady to 4 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.52/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$120.52
45 head · 374 lb average
Value per head Derived
$450
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1352125.8444220
Medium and Large 1-2548118.506494thin
Medium and Large 2359117.1342020
Medium and Large 342090.003781thin
One grade step is worth $35.84/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale45 hd
120.52
—
MS average13 barns · 1,496 hd
109.15
+11.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,35070.009451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39746.176453thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39545.006281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08835.513868thin

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS
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
Steers—Medium and Large 2280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003781
Steers—Medium and Large 2325131.37/cwt123.00–140.004272
Steers—Medium and Large 2370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465133.00/cwt133.00–133.006182
Steers—Medium and Large 1485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562130.00/cwt130.00–130.007317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007146
Steers—Medium and Large 1660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1765119.00/cwt119.00–119.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1840123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0371
Steers—Medium and Large 287597.00/cwt97.00–97.008491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260128.00/cwt128.00–128.0033311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324129.39/cwt121.00–130.0041915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330121.00/cwt121.00–121.003991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380123.99/cwt123.00–125.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380112.00/cwt112.00–112.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400118.00/cwt118.00–118.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418101.93/cwt90.00–114.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 342090.00/cwt90.00–90.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480106.00/cwt106.00–106.005091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505105.00/cwt105.00–105.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 251097.92/cwt90.00–106.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610112.00/cwt112.00–112.006832
Heifers—Medium and Large 263397.94/cwt95.00–101.006202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230140.00/cwt140.00–140.003221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318137.94/cwt137.00–139.004392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383129.32/cwt128.00–130.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410129.10/cwt125.00–133.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420111.00/cwt111.00–111.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531102.89/cwt96.00–109.005464
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned64592.00/cwt92.00–92.005933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35070.00/cwt70.00–70.009451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight75520.00/cwt20.00–20.001511
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88517.50/cwt17.50–17.501551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17741.10/cwt37.50–45.004846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39545.00/cwt45.00–45.006281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39746.17/cwt45.50–48.006453

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.