Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-10-29

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 104▼ 38 vs year ago 122 · −31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 26▼ 16 vs year ago 31 · −51.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 22 vs year ago 26 · −84.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was not enough compareable cattle to call an accurate trend but higher undertone was noticed. slaughther cattlesold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $229.28/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −104.27 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$229.28
7 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,240
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502236.661,1883thin
Medium and Large 2500235.001,1751thin
Medium and Large 1-2593220.001,3053thin
One grade step is worth $16.66/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale7 hd
229.28
—
MS average13 barns · 193 hd
239.79
−10.51
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
−104.27
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

3 sales
379352324297median 333.5507/2107/2109/2210/2010/20
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $365.05, low $310.94, median $333.55 across 3 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—Average1,570145.002,2771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,434119.151,7097thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95587.698373thin

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 CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$1,5251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)938$1,4413thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225237.67/cwt235.00–240.005352
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260226.25/cwt220.00–232.505882
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285250.00/cwt250.00–250.007131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311245.72/cwt240.00–252.507644
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362223.36/cwt215.00–230.008093
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437219.96/cwt210.00–225.009613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462229.22/cwt225.00–232.501,0593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2063
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558225.81/cwt220.00–232.501,2603
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273311.35/cwt310.00–315.008504
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295285.00/cwt285.00–285.008411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365268.00/cwt268.00–268.009781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375286.16/cwt282.50–297.501,0736
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1692
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420285.13/cwt275.00–300.001,1988
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468274.06/cwt270.00–278.001,2832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502236.66/cwt235.00–240.001,1883
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2593220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3053
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2697200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3943
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2581
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778177.84/cwt171.00–185.001,3842
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2890167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,570145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0211
Cows—Lean 85-90%96077.54/cwt75.00–80.007442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,434119.15/cwt112.50–125.001,7097
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29381,440.99/head1,175.00–1,675.001,4413
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.