Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2021-08-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 24
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 242▲ 168 vs year ago 140 · +120.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 18▲ 39 vs year ago 11 · +354.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steers were 2-8 higher, Heifers were 2-6 higher. Slaughter cows were steady to 2 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.20/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$155.20
125 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524156.2281950
Medium and Large 1-2533154.9882556
Medium and Large 2413153.1763219thin
One grade step is worth $3.05/cwt here — about $187 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 sale125 hd
155.20
—
MS average12 barns · 1,302 hd
151.70
+3.51
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—Average1,98590.001,7871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21164.6478325
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44658.818504thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02950.8952415

Every lot

61 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273182.00/cwt182.00–182.004979
Steers—Medium and Large 1275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004952
Steers—Medium and Large 2286164.44/cwt150.00–169.004704
Steers—Medium and Large 2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1315184.17/cwt180.00–188.005805
Steers—Medium and Large 1370178.16/cwt175.00–187.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 2378158.64/cwt156.00–160.006003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405176.00/cwt176.00–176.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 1425165.47/cwt161.00–172.007035
Steers—Medium and Large 2428151.77/cwt150.00–154.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 1460162.89/cwt158.00–168.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 2495146.00/cwt146.00–146.007231
Steers—Medium and Large 1511154.31/cwt146.00–159.0078911
Steers—Medium and Large 2535139.38/cwt132.50–146.007462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561151.92/cwt145.00–154.0085219
Steers—Medium and Large 2563140.62/cwt135.00–146.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1566149.78/cwt138.00–157.008488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596148.50/cwt148.50–148.5088513
Steers—Medium and Large 1623143.81/cwt140.00–150.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627144.00/cwt144.00–144.0090313
Steers—Medium and Large 1673135.00/cwt135.00–135.009092
Steers—Medium and Large 1732138.56/cwt131.00–145.001,0143
Steers—Medium and Large 1770132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0201
Steers—Medium and Large 1810138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1181
Steers—Medium and Large 1875120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0501
Steers—Medium and Large 1920117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317140.96/cwt140.00–142.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367138.28/cwt133.00–143.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425139.35/cwt133.00–146.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428138.00/cwt138.00–138.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430122.41/cwt120.00–125.005262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475133.48/cwt130.00–136.006348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515131.93/cwt130.00–133.506797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534136.00/cwt136.00–136.007269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572131.80/cwt130.00–133.007545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615132.50/cwt132.50–132.508151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647134.00/cwt134.00–134.008677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664120.42/cwt116.00–127.008005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725122.52/cwt120.00–125.008882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765107.00/cwt107.00–107.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873101.69/cwt100.00–110.008886
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,010100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,01590.00/cwt90.00–90.009142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310155.00/cwt155.00–155.004811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328167.16/cwt160.00–174.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378161.56/cwt153.00–170.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420152.64/cwt141.00–160.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456145.00/cwt145.00–145.006615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463146.66/cwt135.50–163.006798
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485136.00/cwt136.00–136.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527136.51/cwt131.00–140.007195
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553138.33/cwt137.00–140.007653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600146.00/cwt146.00–146.008761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,98590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98145.25/cwt40.00–49.004447
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07155.82/cwt50.50–62.005988
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21164.64/cwt60.00–69.0078325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40059.74/cwt57.50–62.008363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58556.00/cwt56.00–56.008881

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.