Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-08-13

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 57▼ 140 vs year ago 270 · −51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 15▼ 10 vs year ago 32 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 7 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2-7 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.43/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −99.57 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$271.43
23 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,489
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.82
vs MS average
−8.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550273.751,50620
Medium and Large 1540255.941,3833thin
One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd
271.43
—
MS average12 barns · 358 hd
260.61
+10.82
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
−8.91
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−99.57
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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—Average1,052134.571,4164thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235139.951,72911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,445136.981,9792thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,058111.001,1742thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283315.88/cwt302.50–330.008942
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0083
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0954
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0551
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456270.65/cwt270.00–272.501,2348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478265.74/cwt250.00–275.001,2703
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528253.91/cwt242.50–265.001,3412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,52415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315261.93/cwt245.00–275.008253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365261.80/cwt250.00–270.009563
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423263.16/cwt252.50–275.001,1133
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435218.37/cwt200.00–235.009503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,22710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507259.85/cwt245.00–275.001,3173
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190340.00/cwt340.00–340.006461
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255304.90/cwt300.00–310.007772
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325292.73/cwt285.00–300.009512
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425224.53/cwt215.00–235.009542
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533212.56/cwt210.00–215.001,1332
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573230.07/cwt225.00–235.001,3183
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635235.00/cwt230.00–240.001,4922
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——983123.76/cwt120.00–128.001,2173
Bulls——1,260167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,1041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97097.00/cwt97.00–97.009411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209138.94/cwt128.00–154.001,68010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445136.98/cwt133.00–140.001,9792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2501

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.