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Winona Livestock Auction

Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 18

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119

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Feeder Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 75▼ 86 vs year ago 99 · −86.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 28▼ 40 vs year ago 56 · −71.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, it was a much lighter run with not enough calves to call a trend. Slaughter cows were steady to 3 higher, bulls higher $4.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $241.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −171.86 against this barn's trailing median of $413.11.

Average price

$241.25

4 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.22

vs MS average

−38.91 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	257.50	1,249	2thin
Medium and Large 2	450	225.00	1,013	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $236 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

241.25

—

MS average13 barns · 306 hd

273.47

−32.22

National average149 barns · 5,986 hd

280.16

−38.91

This barn, trailing median15 sales

413.11

−171.86

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 400–500 lb

15 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $484.47, low $325.83, median $413.11 across 15 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,543	176.31	2,720	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	143.60	1,857	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	138.56	2,023	2thin

Every lot

14 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	883	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	257.50/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,249	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	540	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	689	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,592	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,543	176.31/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,720	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,670	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	144.85/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,900	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	138.56/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,023	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Jun 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 13Last week 75Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 28Year ago 56

Compared to last week, it was a much lighter run with not enough calves to call a trend. Slaughter cows were steady to 3 higher, bulls higher $4.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	595	267.50	267.50
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	270	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	495	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	267.50	267.50
2	450–500	485	250.00–265.00	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	895	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	138.00	138.00
9	—	1,312	142.00–147.50	144.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	138.00–139.00	138.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	171.00–180.00	176.31

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.