Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-10-22

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 22
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 10▼ 45 vs year ago 149 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 4▼ 13 vs year ago 39 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week to compare for trends.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.12/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −119.62 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$222.12
7 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.47
vs MS average
−37.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543226.771,2315thin
Medium and Large 2555210.501,1682thin
One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about $63 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 sale7 hd
222.12
—
MS average13 barns · 334 hd
228.59
−6.47
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−37.51
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−119.62
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—Average1,544142.632,2025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,267121.521,5407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,680117.001,9661thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,043102.261,06611

Every lot

45 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365230.00/cwt230.00–230.008401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458238.98/cwt225.00–252.501,0952
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478257.46/cwt250.00–265.001,2312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518226.75/cwt200.00–250.001,1753
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573263.77/cwt260.00–267.501,5112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265260.00/cwt260.00–260.006891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334270.00/cwt270.00–270.009024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384225.10/cwt220.00–230.008644
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417230.04/cwt225.00–235.009593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0663
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424235.80/cwt225.00–245.001,0006
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455226.70/cwt220.00–230.001,0313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515230.09/cwt225.00–237.501,1853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585221.80/cwt216.00–227.501,2982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726222.37/cwt203.00–260.001,6146
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2210277.50/cwt277.50–277.505831
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285312.50/cwt312.50–312.508911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330308.73/cwt307.50–310.001,0192
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377263.45/cwt250.00–290.009933
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2394282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420272.53/cwt262.50–277.501,1454
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508232.30/cwt220.00–245.001,1803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2433
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2502
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3761
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,3392
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,544142.63/cwt134.00–148.002,2025
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90391.95/cwt75.00–109.008302
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062109.32/cwt95.00–117.001,1617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11587.86/cwt85.00–90.009802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267121.52/cwt118.00–124.001,5407
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,9661

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.