Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-12-10

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 118▲ 3 vs year ago 151 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 22▼ 104 vs year ago 115 · −90.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.88/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −84.86 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$256.88
7 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,359
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.10
vs MS average
−23.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529256.881,3597thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
256.88
—
MS average13 barns · 231 hd
246.78
+10.10
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−23.42
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−84.86
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—Average1,520135.002,0521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,268109.631,3904thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,645100.001,6451thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06060.006361thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245341.00/cwt341.00–341.008351
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465321.02/cwt318.00–325.001,49311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480307.97/cwt305.00–311.001,4782
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515302.31/cwt292.50–307.501,5573
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546301.88/cwt300.00–305.001,6488
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623271.00/cwt262.50–280.001,6882
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717252.14/cwt250.50–253.001,8086
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230315.00/cwt315.00–315.007251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2237312.50/cwt312.50–312.507414
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2266308.00/cwt308.00–308.008194
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2269270.87/cwt260.00–285.007297
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321265.98/cwt265.00–270.008545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360227.50/cwt227.50–227.508191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423272.57/cwt270.00–275.001,1532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425252.76/cwt245.00–260.001,0742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2097
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2452283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2797
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2471
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529256.88/cwt250.00–260.001,3597
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4643
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,73625
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2210305.00/cwt305.00–305.006411
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215340.98/cwt325.00–350.007335
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260312.50/cwt312.50–312.508131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270334.32/cwt330.00–342.509033
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330336.82/cwt335.00–341.001,1123
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333213.89/cwt207.50–220.007122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1753
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375318.73/cwt317.50–320.001,1952
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422298.40/cwt290.00–302.501,2593
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430277.41/cwt275.00–280.001,1932
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,4771
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5766
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,520135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,0521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06060.00/cwt60.00–60.006361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268109.63/cwt105.00–115.001,3904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6451

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.