Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-06-17

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 137▲ 142 vs year ago 13 · +1,092.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 12▼ 13 vs year ago 16 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared tolast week steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher, up to 14 in spots. not enough slaughter cattle to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.50/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −26.24 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$315.50
21 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$46.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.08
vs MS average
−18.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550321.971,77014thin
Medium and Large 1545313.531,7105thin
Medium and Large 2515275.151,4172thin
One grade step is worth $46.82/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd
315.50
—
MS average14 barns · 369 hd
315.42
+0.08
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−18.61
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−26.24
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—Average1,378197.892,7272thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average835146.001,2191thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413378.79/cwt372.50–385.001,5642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6851
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515328.00/cwt326.00–330.001,6892
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579347.40/cwt342.00–352.502,0114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627321.49/cwt321.00–322.502,0166
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715292.00/cwt287.00–297.002,0882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2211431.70/cwt420.00–452.509119
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288422.57/cwt420.00–425.001,2172
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321415.37/cwt397.00–430.001,3334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5374
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420366.71/cwt340.00–395.001,5403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472323.41/cwt312.50–350.001,5267
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476339.89/cwt331.00–344.001,6189
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515275.15/cwt270.00–280.001,4172
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527315.03/cwt308.00–320.001,6603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528328.16/cwt320.00–331.001,7338
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573311.29/cwt302.50–320.001,7842
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579313.72/cwt311.00–319.001,8166
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660262.20/cwt262.20–262.201,7311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9492
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2198500.00/cwt500.00–500.009902
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2286475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3596
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333418.41/cwt400.00–437.501,3933
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370425.07/cwt420.00–430.001,5732
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,5833
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419398.77/cwt397.00–400.001,6715
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5051
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510333.92/cwt310.00–390.001,7034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7525
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7701
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617293.13/cwt285.00–302.501,8093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,378197.89/cwt195.00–200.002,7272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%835146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2191

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.