Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-05-13

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 13
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 44▼ 59 vs year ago 73 · −80.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 29 vs year ago 34 · −85.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

short run today due to the several days of rain, Not enough data 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 $352.94/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −18.06 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$352.94
4 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.55
vs MS average
−31.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543352.941,9164thin
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 sale4 hd
352.94
—
MS average12 barns · 221 hd
352.39
+0.55
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−31.66
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−18.06
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%Average1,297147.241,9103thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low870100.008701thin

Every lot

8 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527351.42/cwt342.50–360.001,8523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1091
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535324.14/cwt320.00–327.501,7343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297147.24/cwt146.00–150.001,9103

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.