Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-08-27

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 134▼ 107 vs year ago 159 · −67.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 38▼ 43 vs year ago 65 · −66.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 23▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comapared tolas week the steers, heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady on a light run. slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.79/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −127.96 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$213.79
4 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.13
vs MS average
−28.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513218.381,1203thin
Medium and Large 2535200.001,0701thin
One grade step is worth $18.38/cwt here — about $50 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 sale4 hd
213.79
—
MS average13 barns · 496 hd
230.91
−17.13
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−28.10
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−127.96
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—Average1,565158.002,4732thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,284123.501,5866thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,134113.191,28310

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,145$1,5492thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$1,5251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,185$1,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,3751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)853$1,0092thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583239.37/cwt237.50–240.001,3964
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3651
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275271.59/cwt265.00–277.507472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300280.00/cwt280.00–280.008401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465232.26/cwt225.00–240.001,0802
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513218.38/cwt210.00–230.001,1203
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622220.58/cwt219.00–223.001,3727
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280310.00/cwt310.00–310.008681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340292.50/cwt292.50–292.509951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384281.72/cwt267.50–290.001,0824
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520190.00/cwt190.00–190.009881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1961
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,565158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128114.43/cwt107.00–118.001,2919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284123.50/cwt120.00–126.001,5866
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,548.69/head1,450.00–1,650.001,5492
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,415128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8111
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28531,008.58/head925.00–1,075.001,0092

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.