Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-05-27

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 27
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 149▼ 282 vs year ago 292 · −96.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 9 vs year ago 14 · −64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

short run today due to all the rain, not enough to call an accurate trend. Sold 2 loads of heifers to picked up on farm. 1 load @ 785 lbs $ 265.25, 1 load @ 790 lbs. $265.5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −41.74 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$300.00
2 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−17.74
vs MS average
−32.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535300.001,6052thin
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 sale2 hd
300.00
—
MS average12 barns · 297 hd
317.74
−17.74
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−32.69
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−41.74
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—Low1,030140.001,4421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,445147.722,1352thin

Every lot

7 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473366.73/cwt362.50–375.001,7353
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462329.12/cwt327.50–330.001,5213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6052
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,030140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445147.72/cwt147.50–148.002,1352

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.