Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-03-19

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 84▼ 12 vs year ago 67 · −17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 43▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer, heifers and bulls sold 5-12 higher on a light tested market with some spots being up to 20 higher. slaughter cows and bulls were also light tested but sold steady to 4 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.66/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −83.08 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$258.66
2 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.59
vs MS average
−18.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505258.661,3062thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
258.66
—
MS average13 barns · 218 hd
257.07
+1.59
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−18.56
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−83.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
411367322278median 341.7403/3105/1909/2210/0610/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.24, low $291.80, median $341.74 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,325122.731,6262thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average990134.001,3271thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average898114.201,0263thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2185292.50/cwt292.50–292.505411
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1238285.47/cwt270.00–300.006792
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323366.10/cwt360.00–372.501,1832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377289.36/cwt270.00–300.001,0915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434276.02/cwt265.00–285.001,1984
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475263.64/cwt255.00–275.001,2524
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505258.66/cwt250.00–267.501,3062
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4461
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5811
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7021
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3393
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470210.00/cwt210.00–210.009871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520277.79/cwt262.50–285.001,4453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,325122.73/cwt118.00–130.001,6262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%898114.20/cwt112.00–117.001,0263
Cows—Boner 80-85%990134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3271

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.