Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-11-12

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 140▼ 101 vs year ago 179 · −56.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 18▼ 44 vs year ago 63 · −69.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▼ 12 vs year ago 20 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 5-10 higher, heifers sold 2-7 higher slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $290.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −43.22 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$290.33
3 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$556
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$113.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+47.80
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540328.001,7712thin
Medium and Large 2565215.001,2151thin
One grade step is worth $113.00/cwt here — about $556 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale3 hd
290.33
—
MS average12 barns · 126 hd
242.54
+47.80
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
−43.22
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—Average1,205136.001,6392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,184112.511,3326thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12988.539996thin

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)1,353$2,0652thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,7342thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,4001thin

Every lot

46 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365247.50/cwt247.50–247.509031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423288.56/cwt281.00–300.001,2214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465277.50/cwt270.00–285.001,2902
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515248.57/cwt242.50–255.001,2802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245250.00/cwt250.00–250.006131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283292.50/cwt292.50–292.508282
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290277.50/cwt277.50–277.508051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305259.84/cwt250.00–270.007932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336287.62/cwt262.50–328.009665
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383251.16/cwt240.00–272.509623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385217.50/cwt217.50–217.508371
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0626
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1213315.74/cwt302.50–327.506732
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2283330.00/cwt330.00–330.009342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305250.00/cwt250.00–250.007631
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310315.00/cwt315.00–315.009771
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2329316.71/cwt315.00–320.001,0426
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2031
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2151
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655211.76/cwt211.00–212.501,3872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2761
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715185.49/cwt185.00–186.001,3262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,205136.00/cwt130.00–140.001,6392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01570.00/cwt70.00–70.007111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08565.00/cwt65.00–65.007051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16899.04/cwt89.00–102.001,1574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184112.51/cwt110.00–115.001,3326
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0281,734.25/head1,325.00–2,050.001,7342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3532,065.30/head2,025.00–2,125.002,0652
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1391
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,215118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4341

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.