Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-04-30

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 60▼ 264 vs year ago 355 · −74.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 41▼ 27 vs year ago 38 · −71.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 23 vs year ago 28 · −82.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders were all steady to 5 higher on a light tested market. slaughter cattle seemed steady but was also light tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $269.32/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −101.68 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$269.32
5 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.27
vs MS average
−39.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583269.321,5705thin
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 sale5 hd
269.32
—
MS average12 barns · 266 hd
284.59
−15.27
National average166 barns · 9,614 hd
308.61
−39.29
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−101.68
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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
CowsLean 85-90%Low96292.178877thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,171$1,3554thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)960$1,3001thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250357.50/cwt357.50–357.508941
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583269.32/cwt265.00–285.001,5705
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6487
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665270.84/cwt270.00–272.501,8013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682243.09/cwt242.00–245.501,65826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7849
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210270.00/cwt270.00–270.005671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403276.29/cwt270.00–282.501,1132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1291
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479260.65/cwt257.50–262.501,2494
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505244.17/cwt240.00–250.001,2333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2771
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4581
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3491
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225362.50/cwt362.50–362.508161
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280327.50/cwt327.50–327.509171
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413311.23/cwt307.50–315.001,2852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92080.06/cwt75.00–85.007373
Cows—Lean 85-90%994101.26/cwt90.00–105.001,0074
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1711,355.26/head1,000.00–1,550.001,3554
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29601,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001

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.