Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-02-28

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 28
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
367 head
▲ 309 vs last sale 58▲ 50 vs year ago 317 · +15.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 10▲ 56 vs year ago 42 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a much better run of cattle and they sold good, steers sold 3-15 higher, heifers sold 4-12 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were 4-8 higher. Sold 1 load of heifers to be picked up on farm weighing 760lbs @ $167.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.78/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$177.78
170 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.56
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437181.5079323
Medium and Large 1-2583180.901,054131
Medium and Large 2450146.8966116thin
One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $132 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 sale170 hd
177.78
—
MS average13 barns · 1,368 hd
181.34
−3.56
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—Average1,614102.501,6544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11192.361,02657
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95368.7265527

Every lot

66 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265202.00/cwt202.00–202.005351
Steers—Medium and Large 1320234.00/cwt234.00–234.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added376228.00/cwt228.00–228.0085710
Steers—Medium and Large 1382224.30/cwt210.00–232.008575
Steers—Medium and Large 2390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422210.00/cwt210.00–210.008863
Steers—Medium and Large 1435220.97/cwt212.00–228.009614
Steers—Medium and Large 2440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448217.00/cwt217.00–217.0097219
Steers—Medium and Large 1468217.97/cwt200.00–227.501,0203
Steers—Medium and Large 2469180.79/cwt150.00–195.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 1505209.34/cwt200.00–218.001,0573
Steers—Medium and Large 2510175.15/cwt160.00–190.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528205.40/cwt205.00–206.001,08515
Steers—Medium and Large 2565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1697
Steers—Medium and Large 1581192.22/cwt180.00–205.001,1175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618203.26/cwt190.00–210.001,2566
Steers—Medium and Large 2635170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,2518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added747174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,3048
Steers—Medium and Large 2775150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2213154.96/cwt154.00–156.003302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2269190.00/cwt190.00–190.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283162.57/cwt155.00–170.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324188.54/cwt187.00–190.006118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331184.32/cwt170.00–187.506107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340132.50/cwt132.50–132.504511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368161.31/cwt152.00–170.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378183.58/cwt170.00–194.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386186.00/cwt186.00–186.007187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added402205.00/cwt199.00–206.0082414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413183.08/cwt170.00–196.007562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445190.00/cwt190.00–190.008462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464185.63/cwt170.00–198.008615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467196.00/cwt196.00–196.009159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479194.78/cwt193.00–200.0093312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483153.35/cwt130.00–169.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503189.00/cwt189.00–189.009513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545180.00/cwt180.00–180.009811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588190.74/cwt180.00–197.001,12211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618130.00/cwt130.00–130.008034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679166.63/cwt160.00–169.001,13114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,25018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860149.09/cwt140.00–150.001,28222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2210180.00/cwt180.00–180.003781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305210.00/cwt210.00–210.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305189.00/cwt189.00–189.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365221.75/cwt210.00–230.008094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1840148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,614102.50/cwt95.00–114.001,6544
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86759.03/cwt55.00–65.005128
Cows—Lean 85-90%91345.95/cwt40.00–53.004202
Cows—Lean 85-90%99875.96/cwt63.00–88.0075817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09291.32/cwt83.00–99.0099748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21397.91/cwt95.00–100.001,1889

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.