Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-07-08

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 87▼ 53 vs year ago 147 · −36.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 72▲ 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 14 vs year ago 15 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder cattle were not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.81/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −49.94 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$291.81
10 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$62.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.17
vs MS average
−49.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507315.001,5973thin
Medium and Large 1559299.021,6713thin
Medium and Large 2563285.001,6032thin
Medium and Large 3548253.001,3852thin
One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $212 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 sale10 hd
291.81
—
MS average11 barns · 346 hd
321.97
−30.17
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−49.72
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−49.94
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,104162.821,79814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,460140.002,0441thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average893136.831,2223thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$2,0501thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8071
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,95010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333361.11/cwt355.00–367.501,2022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377346.64/cwt345.00–350.001,3073
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413348.15/cwt337.00–360.001,4382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428322.26/cwt321.00–325.001,3793
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5973
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4851
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578298.53/cwt297.00–300.001,7262
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7261
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658277.53/cwt270.00–285.001,8262
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0921
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2191
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370367.30/cwt360.00–375.001,3592
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408361.65/cwt350.00–375.001,4763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,6445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473323.32/cwt319.00–327.501,5292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520326.25/cwt320.00–335.001,6975
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575303.29/cwt300.00–309.001,7443
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668289.55/cwt285.00–294.001,9342
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3710259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893136.83/cwt131.00–140.001,2223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085159.17/cwt151.00–166.001,7279
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139169.39/cwt166.00–172.001,9295
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0441
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1302,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.