Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-11-05

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 84▲ 109 vs year ago 31 · +351.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 15▼ 176 vs year ago 194 · −90.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 1 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not emough data to call and accurate trend but looks mostly steady. slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.17/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −112.57 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$229.17
17 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs MS average
−29.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554230.001,27414thin
Medium and Large 1545225.291,2293thin
One grade step is worth $4.71/cwt here — about $45 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 sale17 hd
229.17
—
MS average13 barns · 328 hd
226.29
+2.88
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−29.22
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−112.57
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—Average1,280111.371,4253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,002114.591,1483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,587103.541,6433thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12874.928455thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,8753thin

Every lot

39 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 1283327.50/cwt327.50–327.509272
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,0991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428261.65/cwt250.00–270.001,1204
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476259.41/cwt255.00–265.001,2354
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480268.93/cwt267.00–271.501,29112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530247.52/cwt245.00–250.001,3122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4917
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615234.99/cwt230.00–240.001,4453
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660232.95/cwt230.00–236.001,5372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320258.35/cwt257.50–260.008273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372244.06/cwt232.50–255.009086
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432244.06/cwt241.00–246.001,05411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455231.02/cwt225.00–237.501,0515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,17112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533224.93/cwt220.00–230.001,1992
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,26010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3391
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4038
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332308.99/cwt302.50–315.001,0263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1011
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405215.00/cwt215.00–215.008711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1653
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480239.84/cwt225.00–255.001,1512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2558248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,210130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5731
Bulls——1,315102.05/cwt100.00–104.001,3422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,002114.59/cwt110.00–118.001,1483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02669.65/cwt65.00–75.007154
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,53596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,587103.54/cwt98.00–109.001,6433
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3351,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8753

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.