Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-04-16

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 16
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 51▼ 15 vs year ago 215 · −7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 65▼ 83 vs year ago 112 · −74.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a light run on feeders last week, not able to call an accurate trend but seemed steady to a little lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold $2-5 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.81/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −105.93 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$235.81
25 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.49
vs MS average
−28.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545235.811,28525
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 sale25 hd
235.81
—
MS average13 barns · 321 hd
246.30
−10.49
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−28.71
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−105.93
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—Average1,475146.442,1604thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,135123.931,40710
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050112.021,1762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520110.001,6721thin

Every lot

51 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285331.47/cwt325.00–337.509452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1951
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415316.28/cwt302.50–327.501,3134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475259.44/cwt254.00–265.001,2322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3799
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3781
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,51811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621259.90/cwt258.00–261.501,61413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738223.54/cwt220.00–227.001,6502
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6081
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333280.00/cwt280.00–280.009322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2016
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374280.74/cwt270.00–295.001,0505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415278.14/cwt272.50–287.501,1543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,15112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435247.01/cwt235.00–267.501,0744
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463260.95/cwt250.00–272.501,2082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1141
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523238.55/cwt234.00–240.001,24817
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3598
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,41122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3201
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6418
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830166.00/cwt160.00–172.001,3782
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3281
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4241
Heifers1700–1750Medium and Large 1-21,725232.50/cwt232.50–232.504,0113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328316.52/cwt310.00–327.501,0383
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362318.94/cwt310.00–327.501,1555
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433295.03/cwt290.00–300.001,2772
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480236.95/cwt220.00–255.001,1372
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485283.81/cwt277.50–290.001,3762
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523255.06/cwt252.50–257.501,3342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2695212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4773
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,475146.44/cwt128.00–152.002,1604
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050112.02/cwt111.00–113.001,1762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135123.93/cwt118.00–133.001,40710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6721

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.