Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-04-29

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 29
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 83▼ 57 vs year ago 91 · −62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle sold really good on a light run. Not enough to call an accurate trend but a higher undertone was noticed. Sold 2 loads to be loaded on farm, load of heifers @ 785lbs. $264. load of steers @ 825 lbs. $2.84.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.79/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −70.95 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$270.79
5 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.42
vs MS average
−58.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550275.991,5184thin
Medium and Large 2565250.001,4131thin
One grade step is worth $25.99/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd
270.79
—
MS average13 barns · 274 hd
298.21
−27.42
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−58.55
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−70.95
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—Average1,600170.002,7201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,015150.881,5312thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low858105.719072thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,490$2,7004thin

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278434.89/cwt432.50–437.501,2092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508308.66/cwt302.50–315.001,5682
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578296.03/cwt294.00–298.001,7112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705293.02/cwt290.00–296.002,0662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413321.36/cwt317.50–325.001,3272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473318.74/cwt317.50–320.001,5082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530279.26/cwt267.00–292.001,4802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570272.72/cwt265.00–281.001,5552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8661
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,6831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,600170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%858105.71/cwt100.00–111.009072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,015150.88/cwt145.00–156.001,5312
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4902,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7004

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.