Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-05-20

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 14▲ 63 vs year ago 86 · +73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 5▼ 13 vs year ago 28 · −46.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 2 vs year ago 8 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a short run last last week, not able to call an accurate trend but all classes of cattle sold really well.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.28/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −49.47 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$292.28
17 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$44.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.63
vs MS average
−41.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514307.101,5785thin
Medium and Large 1559290.821,62610thin
Medium and Large 2560262.501,4702thin
One grade step is worth $44.60/cwt here — about $108 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 sale17 hd
292.28
—
MS average13 barns · 353 hd
311.91
−19.63
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−41.98
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−49.47
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—Average1,660165.002,7391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,221159.681,9507thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average982133.771,3133thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$2,3162thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,3001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,285$3,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,415$3,0001thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,6323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,8901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578310.13/cwt300.00–320.001,7932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9752
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9021
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,9345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,05010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0881
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815275.01/cwt274.00–276.002,2412
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,2473
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2252
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2902262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,3685
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240350.00/cwt350.00–350.008401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377405.44/cwt380.00–435.001,5293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425356.25/cwt352.50–360.001,5142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514307.10/cwt300.00–312.001,5785
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528292.64/cwt270.00–312.001,5454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580289.61/cwt275.00–309.001,6806
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643289.02/cwt277.00–295.001,8587
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643277.47/cwt269.00–286.001,7842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667284.18/cwt268.00–295.001,89514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729260.17/cwt255.00–266.001,8975
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738274.58/cwt274.00–277.002,02615
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771254.47/cwt250.00–262.001,9624
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830233.58/cwt220.00–247.001,9392
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190430.00/cwt430.00–430.008171
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1972
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4321
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425388.84/cwt385.00–392.501,6532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463337.58/cwt332.50–345.001,5633
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505310.10/cwt300.00–320.001,5662
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3621
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,660165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,7391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015143.16/cwt140.50–145.501,4532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221159.68/cwt149.50–167.501,9507
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2853,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4153,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1732,315.57/head2,250.00–2,400.002,3162

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.