Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-01-30

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 308 vs last sale 511▲ 24 vs year ago 179 · +13.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 41▲ 17 vs year ago 14 · +121.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to $8 higher. slaughter cows sold $3-$6 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $249.18/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$249.18
97 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,063
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.12
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1399256.601,02311thin
Medium and Large 1-2438251.081,09979
Medium and Large 2349215.997537thin
One grade step is worth $40.61/cwt here — about $270 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 sale97 hd
249.18
—
MS average13 barns · 1,200 hd
245.06
+4.12
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—Average1,840128.002,3551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,290106.841,37815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06192.309799thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283317.37/cwt315.00–325.008988
Steers—Medium and Large 1285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008981
Steers—Medium and Large 1340319.93/cwt315.00–325.001,0882
Steers—Medium and Large 1358308.20/cwt302.00–320.001,1035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383289.80/cwt280.00–300.001,1104
Steers—Medium and Large 1419286.35/cwt275.00–315.001,2005
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451265.49/cwt256.00–273.001,19710
Steers—Medium and Large 2480247.79/cwt225.00–259.001,1893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3818
Steers—Medium and Large 2605207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3446
Steers—Medium and Large 1620230.91/cwt224.00–237.501,4322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223219.81/cwt207.50–245.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2279287.39/cwt281.00–295.0080212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327271.99/cwt271.00–272.508893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329281.34/cwt275.00–287.0092612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350275.50/cwt272.00–282.509643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374263.00/cwt263.00–263.009845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395210.00/cwt210.00–210.008301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400222.50/cwt222.50–222.508901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420248.72/cwt247.50–250.001,0452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432249.08/cwt246.00–252.001,07620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508231.85/cwt230.00–233.001,1788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525226.36/cwt222.50–230.001,1882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635212.45/cwt210.00–215.001,34910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1295324.00/cwt324.00–324.009561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2318312.50/cwt312.50–312.509942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320314.27/cwt307.50–317.501,0063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320253.00/cwt253.00–253.008101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423271.69/cwt265.00–275.001,1493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479262.28/cwt245.00–275.001,2564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,840128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,3551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06192.30/cwt85.00–96.009799
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138105.17/cwt99.00–108.001,1979
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,518109.34/cwt108.00–110.001,6606

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.