Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2021-08-31

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 31
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 308▼ 153 vs year ago 240 · −63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 50▼ 14 vs year ago 22 · −63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 35 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were unevenly steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Really nice bred cows here today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.35/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$130.35
32 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$63
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515135.3769614thin
Medium and Large 2591128.947628thin
Medium and Large 1610124.4475910thin
One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale32 hd
130.35
—
MS average7 barns · 364 hd
131.43
−1.09
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—Average1,100100.931,1103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08766.277203thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28053.506851thin

Every lot

34 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 1470155.00/cwt155.00–155.007291
Steers—Medium and Large 2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 1509148.28/cwt145.00–152.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 1590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623147.50/cwt147.50–147.5091911
Steers—Medium and Large 1680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330136.00/cwt136.00–136.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420136.00/cwt136.00–136.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464134.24/cwt132.50–135.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483131.22/cwt130.00–132.506342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528130.00/cwt130.00–130.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565136.50/cwt136.50–136.507717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578132.50/cwt132.50–132.507667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680104.00/cwt104.00–104.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920105.00/cwt105.00–105.009662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433146.00/cwt146.00–146.006329
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433144.50/cwt136.00–151.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475138.00/cwt138.00–138.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543133.50/cwt133.00–134.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567132.34/cwt127.00–135.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1795110.00/cwt110.00–110.008751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——820105.15/cwt100.00–110.008622
Bulls——1,66092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,5361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08766.27/cwt62.50–68.007203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28053.50/cwt53.50–53.506851
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0014,0004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2960810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,7761
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1961,213.16/cwt1,030.00–1,320.0014,50922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,280.00/cwt1,280.00–1,280.0015,7445
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,51811

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.