Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-04-22

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 335▲ 23 vs year ago 60 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 27▼ 29 vs year ago 41 · −70.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers.heifers and bulls sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher on a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $326.37/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −44.63 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$326.37
16 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.99
vs MS average
−47.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533327.411,74413thin
Medium and Large 1530321.881,7063thin
One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $38 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 sale16 hd
326.37
—
MS average13 barns · 331 hd
334.36
−7.99
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
−47.65
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−44.63
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—Average1,765179.543,1694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,103139.511,5392thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average781112.008756thin

Every lot

24 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463376.69/cwt375.00–377.501,7443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521331.88/cwt322.50–355.001,72910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530321.88/cwt302.50–350.001,7063
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7883
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681260.79/cwt250.00–280.001,7768
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9334
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527285.96/cwt257.50–295.001,5078
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7846
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658244.94/cwt240.00–250.001,6122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,7547
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300325.00/cwt325.00–325.009751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,765179.54/cwt158.00–190.003,1694
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%781112.00/cwt112.00–112.008756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103139.51/cwt139.00–140.001,5392

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.