Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-05-28

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 28
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▲ 206 vs last sale 86▼ 166 vs year ago 458 · −36.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 28▼ 39 vs year ago 53 · −73.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 9 higher, some long weaned groups up to 15 higher. slaughter cattle sold 3-6 higher. Weaned groups reported as M&L 1-2.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.67/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −95.08 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$246.67
34 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,398
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.40
vs MS average
−20.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540247.441,3375thin
Medium and Large 1-2571246.531,40829
One grade step is worth $0.91/cwt here — about −$72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale34 hd
246.67
—
MS average13 barns · 306 hd
248.07
−1.40
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
−20.95
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−95.08
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—Low1,233136.011,6764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,091133.821,4605thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average760100.007601thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278346.42/cwt342.50–350.009632
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2863
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439309.18/cwt300.00–315.001,3576
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458293.80/cwt285.00–302.501,3462
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5004
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516284.11/cwt270.00–295.001,4668
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3461
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565271.75/cwt250.00–285.001,5354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,69218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683253.73/cwt252.50–255.001,7332
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7041
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,8988
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7161
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831235.72/cwt232.00–244.001,95916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280257.50/cwt257.50–257.507211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370270.00/cwt270.00–270.009991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388239.97/cwt235.00–245.009312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473256.01/cwt240.00–270.001,2116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529249.30/cwt235.00–260.001,3194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3356
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581245.63/cwt245.00–250.001,42723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617240.89/cwt240.00–245.001,48611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620230.93/cwt220.00–237.501,4323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688241.33/cwt232.50–280.001,66058
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6978
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5771
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,78514
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8235
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2855185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1195325.00/cwt325.00–325.006341
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277349.08/cwt335.00–360.009675
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473282.14/cwt275.00–290.001,3352
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——970125.33/cwt120.00–131.001,2162
Bulls——1,495146.69/cwt145.00–149.002,1932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091133.82/cwt120.00–150.001,4605

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.