Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-06-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 155▼ 62 vs year ago 149 · −41.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 3▲ 33 vs year ago 39 · +84.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 3 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.91/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −47.83 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$293.91
5 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$437
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$86.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.88
vs MS average
−42.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553311.141,7194thin
Medium and Large 2570225.001,2831thin
One grade step is worth $86.13/cwt here — about $437 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 sale5 hd
293.91
—
MS average14 barns · 324 hd
317.79
−23.88
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−42.00
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−47.83
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—Average1,716195.223,3505thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254154.221,93437
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,583146.042,3123thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,000140.741,40713

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$1471thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$2,5001thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0321
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250380.00/cwt380.00–380.009501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323445.12/cwt440.00–450.001,4382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368420.61/cwt402.50–440.001,5482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423349.61/cwt335.00–372.501,4793
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618312.25/cwt300.00–325.001,9302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2195360.00/cwt360.00–360.007021
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205375.00/cwt375.00–375.007691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330382.68/cwt345.00–405.001,2637
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377368.32/cwt355.00–380.001,3893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426347.17/cwt337.00–367.501,4795
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461349.57/cwt329.00–370.001,6127
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,4772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545313.00/cwt308.00–318.001,7062
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560309.27/cwt307.50–311.001,7322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200375.00/cwt375.00–375.007501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1258447.43/cwt440.00–455.001,1542
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4212
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4621
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3381
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,716195.22/cwt190.00–200.003,3505
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000140.74/cwt132.00–148.001,40713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248153.80/cwt146.00–159.001,91935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360161.57/cwt160.50–162.502,1972
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,583146.04/cwt145.00–148.002,3123
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2965800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29751,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,375147.00/head147.00–147.001471
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.