Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 5
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 190▼ 40 vs year ago 194 · −20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 13 vs year ago 24 · +54.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 8▲ 36 vs year ago 4 · +900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, feeder steers and heifers look a little cheaper, slaughter cattle looked higher. Overall the quality of feeders was plain, really nice pairs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.79/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$117.79
58 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1310133.004121thin
Medium and Large 1-2457126.9858016thin
Medium and Large 1440116.5651329
Medium and Large 2364107.2539012thin
One grade step is worth $25.75/cwt here — about $22 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 sale58 hd
117.79
—
MS average11 barns · 780 hd
116.74
+1.06
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—Average1,72580.501,3891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25254.4568215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71052.508981thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97845.374448thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320163.38/cwt157.00–169.005232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335171.00/cwt171.00–171.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1405144.00/cwt144.00–144.005831
Steers—Medium and Large 1470135.04/cwt133.00–137.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1510133.57/cwt126.00–141.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1205131.00/cwt131.00–131.002691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268112.20/cwt100.00–125.003013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295134.00/cwt134.00–134.003951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003972
Heifers—Medium 1310133.00/cwt133.00–133.004121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315109.05/cwt100.00–121.003444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324124.67/cwt110.00–130.004045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365122.95/cwt121.00–127.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378135.10/cwt133.00–136.005117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423118.84/cwt106.00–130.005036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472114.41/cwt111.00–117.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480105.00/cwt105.00–105.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515109.34/cwt105.00–112.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 252599.73/cwt95.00–104.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595104.00/cwt100.00–108.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628115.00/cwt115.00–115.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633100.49/cwt100.00–101.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650101.00/cwt101.00–101.006571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260152.50/cwt152.50–152.503971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285148.46/cwt146.00–151.004232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2322121.01/cwt100.00–143.003903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323160.05/cwt150.00–168.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367137.85/cwt131.00–146.005063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428139.35/cwt131.00–148.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477121.88/cwt117.00–128.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505110.00/cwt105.00–115.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536116.78/cwt111.00–121.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563111.77/cwt111.00–112.506292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568107.00/cwt105.00–109.006084
Bulls—Medium and Large 264099.00/cwt99.00–99.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 175095.00/cwt95.00–95.007131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,3891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97845.37/cwt42.00–48.004448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18555.50/cwt55.50–55.506581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25754.37/cwt47.50–59.0068314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71052.50/cwt52.50–52.508981
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2705380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6794
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990792.41/cwt750.00–850.007,8453
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,5051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,5831
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2710430.00/cwt430.00–430.003,0532
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0014,2804
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0401,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0014,3003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,090710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,7391
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1981,214.56/cwt975.00–1,400.0014,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2051,254.65/cwt1,230.00–1,275.0015,1196
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,395950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,2531

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.