Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-02-27

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 27
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 162▼ 13 vs year ago 367 · −3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 61▼ 76 vs year ago 98 · −77.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Steers sold 6-12 higher, heifers sold steady to 7 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Lots of weaned calves with 2 rounds of shots today listed as M & L 1-2.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $264.75/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$264.75
136 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.81
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502267.031,342100
Medium and Large 1467261.531,22228
Medium and Large 2410247.501,0158thin
One grade step is worth $19.54/cwt here — about $327 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
264.75
—
MS average13 barns · 1,829 hd
254.94
+9.81
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—Low1,486124.111,8455thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,100110.031,2106thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95573.006971thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$1,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,193$1,9622thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275357.50/cwt357.50–357.509831
Steers—Medium and Large 1330356.71/cwt355.00–360.001,1776
Steers—Medium and Large 1369348.28/cwt330.00–360.001,2857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,3644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4353
Steers—Medium and Large 1418347.05/cwt340.00–357.501,4517
Steers—Medium 1455287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3081
Steers—Medium and Large 1456341.33/cwt320.00–352.501,5564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472284.92/cwt260.00–320.001,3455
Steers—Medium and Large 2495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536320.66/cwt320.00–321.001,7199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,69627
Steers—Medium and Large 1573296.00/cwt285.00–307.501,6962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6902
Steers—Medium and Large 1625269.52/cwt240.00–300.001,6852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669247.42/cwt240.00–261.001,65525
Steers—Medium and Large 1685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5761
Steers—Medium and Large 1700242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6981
Steers—Medium and Large 1925176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230285.00/cwt285.00–285.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265300.00/cwt300.00–300.007951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280330.00/cwt330.00–330.009242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295282.50/cwt282.50–282.508331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318318.99/cwt307.50–327.501,0143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,0664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364279.70/cwt277.00–282.501,01810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370274.98/cwt270.00–282.501,0173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added395268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added406305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,24013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416263.65/cwt260.00–272.501,0974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433272.49/cwt262.50–286.001,1807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472255.39/cwt240.00–272.001,20510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476260.84/cwt242.50–277.501,2426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488233.74/cwt232.50–235.001,1412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531248.76/cwt242.00–260.001,3215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,46626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569237.53/cwt232.50–240.001,3524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,51015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5315
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1274340.15/cwt302.50–360.009324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1327355.75/cwt350.00–360.001,1633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330290.00/cwt290.00–290.009571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379336.55/cwt322.50–357.501,2764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429285.82/cwt272.00–325.001,2265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530250.00/cwt245.00–255.001,3252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,395129.52/cwt125.00–135.001,8073
Bulls——1,623116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8832
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95573.00/cwt73.00–73.006971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,042105.07/cwt99.00–109.001,0953
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157114.99/cwt114.00–117.001,3303
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,961.79/head1,475.00–2,375.001,9622

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.