Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-07-15

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 94▼ 36 vs year ago 108 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 20▲ 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: not enough data to call atrend on feeders but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold higher 3-6. Sold 1 load of steers @ 875lbs. @$294.5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $351.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +17.45 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$351.00
6 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500359.001,7954thin
Medium and Large 1548335.001,8342thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale6 hd
351.00
—
MS average12 barns · 162 hd
318.96
+32.04
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
+17.45
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

3 sales
379352324297median 333.5507/2107/2109/2210/2010/20
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $365.05, low $310.94, median $333.55 across 3 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—High1,553191.092,9674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204165.081,9886thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average900136.101,2255thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0581
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6261
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7203
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527344.84/cwt336.00–358.001,8173
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0401
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220392.90/cwt375.00–410.008642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,2592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,3873
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480303.41/cwt300.00–307.501,4563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7743
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8012
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1180450.00/cwt450.00–450.008101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230452.61/cwt450.00–455.001,0412
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2377412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,5555
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435342.50/cwt325.00–360.001,4902
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463353.82/cwt335.00–387.501,6383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,7954
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7071
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9591
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——970141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3681
Bulls——1,747207.79/cwt205.00–210.003,6303
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%778123.91/cwt110.00–135.009642
Cows—Lean 85-90%982144.23/cwt136.00–148.001,4163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145159.16/cwt150.00–169.501,8224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323176.91/cwt174.50–180.002,3412

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.