Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-01-28

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 49▼ 53 vs year ago 203 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 20 vs year ago 31 · −64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 8 higher, slaughter cattle seemed steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.40/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −66.59 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$304.40
9 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−7.41
vs MS average
−44.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545304.401,6599thin
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 sale9 hd
304.40
—
MS average11 barns · 291 hd
311.81
−7.41
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−44.26
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−66.59
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,270136.001,7271thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low984109.091,0734thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288407.52/cwt405.00–410.001,1742
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4253
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438327.43/cwt315.00–340.001,4342
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3781
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528305.46/cwt300.00–312.501,6135
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566303.08/cwt297.50–310.001,7154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610296.68/cwt290.00–302.501,8103
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622303.08/cwt301.00–315.001,88513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,85819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688266.35/cwt257.50–275.001,8322
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729273.36/cwt262.50–280.001,9938
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0021
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,14824
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,0791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378276.21/cwt270.00–282.501,0442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393320.02/cwt317.50–322.501,2582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3301
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528271.98/cwt255.00–280.001,4366
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4401
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7526
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7391
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,8253
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813224.02/cwt223.00–225.001,8214
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,7821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1311
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350362.50/cwt350.00–375.001,2692
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431332.70/cwt315.00–350.001,4345
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468292.22/cwt285.00–300.001,3682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523291.24/cwt277.50–312.501,5233
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610257.64/cwt240.00–275.001,5722
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965118.78/cwt112.00–128.001,1463
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04080.00/cwt80.00–80.008321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7271

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.