Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-03-11

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 130▼ 9 vs year ago 84 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 27▼ 36 vs year ago 43 · −83.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Toady was a light test on all classes, stters heifers and bulls all sold 10-15 higher on a light test. Slaughter cattle was to lightly tested to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.96/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −58.04 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$312.96
8 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.41
vs MS average
−45.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551316.951,7477thin
Medium and Large 2545285.001,5531thin
One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $194 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 sale8 hd
312.96
—
MS average6 barns · 80 hd
325.36
−12.41
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
−45.71
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−58.04
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
Bulls—Average1,508162.502,4502thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average810126.501,0252thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370409.68/cwt382.50–422.501,5164
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518309.46/cwt297.50–321.001,6033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576322.57/cwt317.50–332.001,8584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638268.78/cwt260.00–277.501,7152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710250.69/cwt237.00–264.001,7802
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8954
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9841
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,1701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263375.14/cwt370.00–380.009872
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327384.22/cwt377.50–390.001,2563
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462274.00/cwt272.00–275.001,2663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3391
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635238.11/cwt231.00–245.001,5122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5051
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845202.50/cwt180.00–225.001,7112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210460.00/cwt460.00–460.009661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283421.71/cwt410.00–435.001,1933
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383389.35/cwt370.00–410.001,4913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,4862
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5871
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5703
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1593285.28/cwt278.00–292.501,6922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1531
Bulls——1,570176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,7631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008911
Cows—Lean 85-90%890131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1661

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.