Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-07-16

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 147▼ 57 vs year ago 165 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▼ 18 vs year ago 27 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market steers and heifers sold steady to 7 lower, slaghter cows and bulls sold steady -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 $242.82/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −98.92 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$242.82
20 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.14
vs MS average
−14.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535245.001,3112thin
Medium and Large 1-2543243.031,32017thin
Medium and Large 2505235.001,1871thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale20 hd
242.82
—
MS average13 barns · 375 hd
250.97
−8.14
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−14.98
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−98.92
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—Average1,437147.542,1205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175130.241,53010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018115.251,1736thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,540$2,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,450$2,0772thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$1,8132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)882$9073thin

Every lot

42 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408294.94/cwt285.00–305.001,2032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430220.00/cwt220.00–220.009461
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460274.93/cwt265.00–285.001,2653
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3342
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522229.74/cwt220.00–245.001,1993
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655244.91/cwt241.00–247.501,6045
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295245.00/cwt245.00–245.007231
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405235.00/cwt235.00–235.009521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411259.61/cwt244.00–267.501,0675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462255.20/cwt250.00–265.001,1793
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468230.20/cwt210.00–245.001,0773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511247.31/cwt242.50–248.001,2648
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,3112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572239.22/cwt232.50–245.001,3689
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605228.75/cwt227.50–230.001,3842
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6332
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,6782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295322.50/cwt322.50–322.509511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320318.34/cwt310.00–327.501,0192
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373298.57/cwt295.00–302.501,1142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418290.04/cwt285.00–295.001,2123
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2745
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475234.95/cwt230.00–240.001,1162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478265.13/cwt260.00–270.001,2672
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3184
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685216.52/cwt215.00–218.001,4832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,005120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2061
Bulls——1,545154.42/cwt145.00–165.002,3864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018115.25/cwt100.00–126.001,1736
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175130.24/cwt122.00–138.001,53010
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2882907.07/head900.00–910.009073
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,3151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4502,076.90/head2,050.00–2,100.002,0772
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002

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.