Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-10-01

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 58▼ 198 vs year ago 251 · −78.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 29 vs year ago 37 · −78.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 70 vs year ago 72 · −97.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all clsses looked to be $2-6 higheron a lightly tested markt, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.06/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −109.69 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$232.06
5 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.76
vs MS average
−14.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530237.501,2591thin
Medium and Large 1543230.701,2524thin
One grade step is worth $6.81/cwt here — about $7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd
232.06
—
MS average13 barns · 405 hd
224.29
+7.76
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−14.72
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−109.69
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—Average1,390149.002,0711thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198121.271,4535thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)880$1,0352thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0341
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413269.55/cwt255.00–285.001,1132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535245.05/cwt240.00–250.001,3112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4581
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265210.00/cwt210.00–210.005571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330240.00/cwt240.00–240.007921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,1002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515225.12/cwt212.50–237.501,1592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570236.27/cwt235.00–237.501,3472
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615223.72/cwt222.50–225.001,3762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270275.00/cwt275.00–275.007431
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420242.41/cwt240.00–245.001,0182
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,0792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440205.00/cwt205.00–205.009021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475249.89/cwt240.00–260.001,1872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1971
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3082
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,390149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,0711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198121.27/cwt119.00–124.001,4535
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28801,035.00/head1,035.00–1,035.001,0352

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.