Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-07-30

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 96▲ 68 vs year ago 32 · +212.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 12▼ 15 vs year ago 35 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 16▲ 12 vs year ago 3 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer sold steaady to 5 higher, Heifers sold 3-11 higher, bull calves sold 2-6 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady slaughter bulls sold 2-5 lower.

Sold 1 load of steers @ 770 lbs, $260.25.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.84/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −86.90 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$254.84
9 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$62.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.97
vs MS average
−3.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512272.001,3933thin
Medium and Large 1529253.511,3415thin
Medium and Large 2585210.001,2291thin
One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd
254.84
—
MS average12 barns · 403 hd
247.87
+6.97
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−3.62
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−86.90
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—Average1,460148.252,1644thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262129.921,6407thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015111.611,1337thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,012$1,9893thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,4252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,370$2,1452thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)900$1,2254thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)753$8752thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250335.00/cwt335.00–335.008381
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265250.00/cwt250.00–250.006631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370326.49/cwt317.50–335.001,2082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512276.69/cwt275.00–277.501,4173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530274.05/cwt261.00–279.001,4527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4701
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235292.50/cwt292.50–292.506871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265300.00/cwt300.00–300.007952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374276.49/cwt265.00–290.001,0346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413274.16/cwt260.00–287.501,1325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461253.01/cwt242.50–260.001,1665
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473246.67/cwt245.00–250.001,1673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521256.89/cwt240.00–265.001,3384
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295265.00/cwt265.00–265.007821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372322.50/cwt317.50–327.501,2006
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488269.27/cwt260.00–285.001,3143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523256.20/cwt240.00–270.001,3404
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2558250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3956
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2681229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5594
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——950132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2541
Bulls——1,630153.67/cwt140.00–166.002,5053
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87581.00/cwt81.00–81.007091
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038116.71/cwt100.00–125.001,2116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262129.92/cwt126.00–139.001,6407
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed730750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,144.53/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1452
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0121,989.42/head1,700.00–2,375.001,9893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.