Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-09-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 17▼ 275 vs year ago 333 · −82.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 7▼ 63 vs year ago 77 · −81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there was not enough compareable data call an accurate trend, but calves looked steady. Slaughter cowsand bulls seemed a little lower. Sold 1 load of steers @ 800 lbs. $243.5 to be loaded on the farm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $241.93/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −129.07 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$241.93
11 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,378
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.72
vs MS average
−32.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573245.001,4047thin
Medium and Large 1564236.741,3343thin
Medium and Large 2565236.001,3331thin
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $70 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 sale11 hd
241.93
—
MS average12 barns · 280 hd
246.65
−4.72
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−32.36
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−129.07
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—Average1,777149.232,6523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159119.021,3794thin

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)1,065$1,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)920$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,325$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$2,0512thin

Every lot

32 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 2278259.26/cwt240.00–277.507212
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315247.50/cwt247.50–247.507801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335297.50/cwt297.50–297.509971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1071
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478248.94/cwt245.00–253.001,1902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4047
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573233.61/cwt227.50–240.001,3392
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628231.82/cwt226.00–237.501,4562
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378237.62/cwt235.00–240.008982
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408224.94/cwt210.00–235.009183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485227.60/cwt222.50–232.501,1042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525221.94/cwt213.00–227.501,1655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578221.36/cwt217.50–225.001,2792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280222.50/cwt222.50–222.506231
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358236.14/cwt220.00–252.508452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473212.41/cwt210.00–215.001,0052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1891
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585223.33/cwt220.00–225.001,3063
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,777149.23/cwt148.00–150.002,6523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159119.02/cwt115.00–120.001,3794
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1302,050.88/head2,000.00–2,100.002,0512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29201,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501

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.