Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-08-06

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 6
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 100▼ 10 vs year ago 67 · −14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 1 vs year ago 14 · +7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparedto last week there was not enough data to call a trend but there was a lower undertone of the steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls seemed mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −119.24 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$222.50
1 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.15
vs MS average
−22.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2550222.501,2241thin
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 sale1 hd
222.50
—
MS average13 barns · 255 hd
232.65
−10.15
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
−22.57
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−119.24
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—Average1,405149.002,0931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,178128.041,5083thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046106.611,1169thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320290.00/cwt290.00–290.009281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365230.00/cwt230.00–230.008402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415225.00/cwt225.00–225.009341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428260.06/cwt250.00–270.001,1132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476243.39/cwt230.00–270.001,1597
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2241
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610223.70/cwt217.50–230.001,3652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375292.30/cwt285.00–300.001,0962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388225.79/cwt202.50–250.008762
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415291.27/cwt290.00–292.501,2092
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009571
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0191
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515230.44/cwt215.00–245.001,1872
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3541
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5321
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,405149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,0931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%996114.71/cwt110.00–119.001,1437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178128.04/cwt123.00–133.001,5083
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22378.24/cwt71.00–85.009572

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.