Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-08-15

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 203 vs last sale 67▲ 125 vs year ago 145 · +86.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 14▼ 6 vs year ago 38 · −15.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers, bulls and heifers sold mostly steady, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.77/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$215.77
136 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397226.8390028
Medium and Large 1-2524223.971,17573
Medium and Large 2496192.6895620
Medium and Large 2-3605186.001,12515thin
One grade step is worth $40.83/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale136 hd
215.77
—
MS average13 barns · 1,481 hd
222.11
−6.34
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—Average1,572117.711,8519thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,300109.601,4257thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93181.327577thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353277.00/cwt277.00–277.009788
Steers—Medium and Large 2355241.23/cwt240.00–242.508562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,16312
Steers—Medium and Large 1465244.00/cwt232.50–256.001,1352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3534
Steers—Medium and Large 1521248.30/cwt235.00–267.501,2946
Steers—Medium and Large 2531220.65/cwt215.00–227.501,1724
Steers—Medium and Large 2565225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2711
Steers—Medium and Large 1623220.83/cwt215.00–227.001,3762
Steers—Medium and Large 2625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
Steers—Medium and Large 1650225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4631
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3653173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215220.00/cwt220.00–220.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267229.47/cwt220.00–237.506133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295212.00/cwt212.00–212.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314240.49/cwt240.00–242.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345185.00/cwt185.00–185.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363240.00/cwt240.00–240.0087113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377232.22/cwt220.00–240.008756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417221.17/cwt215.00–232.509225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419202.27/cwt200.00–205.008487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425224.76/cwt220.00–230.0095512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466223.54/cwt218.00–231.001,0426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511216.47/cwt215.00–218.001,1068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530184.17/cwt180.50–201.009767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589226.47/cwt220.00–229.001,33424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3605186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,12515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640210.34/cwt200.00–211.001,34616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2820165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268239.16/cwt230.00–247.506412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2303228.24/cwt220.00–240.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323257.16/cwt248.00–270.008314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378263.14/cwt252.50–275.009953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421253.36/cwt244.00–262.501,0674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427227.06/cwt225.00–230.009703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463205.03/cwt200.00–210.009492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,489103.53/cwt97.00–115.001,5424
Bulls——1,639129.05/cwt127.00–133.002,1155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87973.39/cwt62.00–79.006454
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00091.90/cwt89.00–98.009193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133115.51/cwt115.00–116.001,3092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,367107.23/cwt105.00–112.001,4665

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.