Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 91▼ 51 vs year ago 182 · −28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 42▲ 30 vs year ago 35 · +85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last market before Christmas, steers sold 3-10 higher, heifers sold 2-8 higher. slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.57/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$223.57
48 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$31.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.61
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2405231.6993914thin
Medium and Large 1472225.361,06427
Medium and Large 2518200.421,0387thin
One grade step is worth $31.27/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale48 hd
223.57
—
MS average10 barns · 1,056 hd
237.18
−13.61
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—Average1,731119.482,0695thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10294.311,03916
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03783.5086623

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$9751thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295290.00/cwt290.00–290.008561
Steers—Medium and Large 1375282.76/cwt270.00–300.001,0603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1986
Steers—Medium and Large 1475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2351
Steers—Medium and Large 1525240.37/cwt230.00–250.001,2627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,29112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,40111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258240.00/cwt240.00–240.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325253.98/cwt250.00–257.508252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373241.61/cwt230.00–250.009016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390222.50/cwt222.50–222.508681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412240.00/cwt240.00–240.009892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434231.95/cwt225.00–235.001,0075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460230.14/cwt220.00–240.001,0593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477225.45/cwt207.50–228.001,0758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479208.23/cwt187.50–220.009974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529211.48/cwt205.00–217.501,1195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555213.33/cwt207.50–217.501,1843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665193.22/cwt185.00–200.001,2853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275285.00/cwt285.00–285.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2287295.38/cwt285.00–300.008486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330290.00/cwt290.00–290.009571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367280.00/cwt270.00–290.001,0283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423243.55/cwt232.50–255.001,0302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469244.79/cwt235.00–257.501,1484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,2822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3351
Bulls——1,813125.60/cwt119.00–129.002,2774
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76560.00/cwt60.00–60.004591
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02368.82/cwt65.00–72.007042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05286.14/cwt75.00–92.0090620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06593.64/cwt91.00–97.0099714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35898.97/cwt98.00–100.001,3442
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2840975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01091.00/cwt91.00–91.009191
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-285585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001

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.