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Winona Livestock Auction

Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 1

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 89▼ 32 vs year ago 49 · −65.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 67▼ 8 vs year ago 23 · −34.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call an accurate trend today but looked mostley steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −45.49 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.

Average price

$296.25

4 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs MS average

−25.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	305.00	1,580	3thin
Medium and Large 1	580	270.00	1,566	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale4 hd

296.25

—

MS average12 barns · 154 hd

296.04

+0.21

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−25.13

This barn, trailing median7 sales

341.74

−45.49

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	146.61	1,828	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	118.52	1,195	4thin

Every lot

10 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	296.74/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,365	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,580	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,744	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1	190	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	855	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,288	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	118.52/cwt	100.00–134.00	1,195	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	146.61/cwt	132.00–153.50	1,828	9

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Apr 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 17Last week 89Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 67Year ago 23

Not enough data to call an accurate trend today but looked mostley steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,008	100.00–134.00	118.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,247	132.00–153.50	146.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	623	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	280.00–312.50	296.74
1	550–600	580	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	303	425.00	425.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.