Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 72▲ 32 vs year ago 96 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 21▲ 14 vs year ago 12 · +116.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers, heifers and bulls sold higher 5-12, slaughter cows sold higher 2-5, slaughter bulls were higher 2-6.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.92/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −18.82 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$322.92
14 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$33.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.62
vs MS average
−17.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527328.231,73111thin
Medium and Large 1550321.001,7661thin
Medium and Large 2573294.691,6892thin
One grade step is worth $33.54/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale14 hd
322.92
—
MS average14 barns · 324 hd
324.54
−1.62
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−17.26
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−18.82
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—Average1,350192.792,6028thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,178162.231,91012
CowsLean 85-90%Average940148.441,3953thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1961
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7891
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533305.12/cwt300.00–310.001,6262
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1651
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,9542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323385.23/cwt362.50–405.001,2442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360362.81/cwt350.00–367.501,30611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,5224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471337.23/cwt336.00–341.001,58812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5191
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514330.95/cwt327.50–338.001,7019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573294.69/cwt285.00–305.001,6892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9027
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8231
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2831
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2297447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,3294
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320473.83/cwt450.00–500.001,5162
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355414.44/cwt375.00–455.001,4712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2356442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5753
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413384.53/cwt310.00–405.001,5885
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479348.37/cwt342.50–361.001,66912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6091
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,8501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583292.34/cwt285.00–300.001,7042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9181
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0162
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9431
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9891
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1291
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2875225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9692
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,033176.61/cwt175.00–180.001,8243
Bulls——1,540202.49/cwt191.00–209.003,1185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940148.44/cwt145.00–150.501,3953
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159161.08/cwt154.00–168.001,86710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270167.97/cwt167.00–169.002,1332

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.