Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 29
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 128▼ 10 vs year ago 100 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 26▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 15 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers, heifers and bulls sold higher 5-20. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $318.27/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −15.28 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$318.27
7 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529340.081,7994thin
Medium and Large 2553289.191,6003thin
One grade step is worth $50.89/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale7 hd
318.27
—
MS average12 barns · 120 hd
333.97
−15.70
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
−15.28
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—Average1,720200.083,4412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,085163.681,77615
CowsLean 85-90%Low933142.051,3257thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)985$1,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$2,6662thin

Every lot

55 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 1295475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415403.92/cwt375.00–435.001,6762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0005
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3942
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,4171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1185470.00/cwt470.00–470.008701
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230430.00/cwt430.00–430.009892
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235320.00/cwt320.00–320.007521
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295330.00/cwt330.00–330.009741
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475361.59/cwt312.50–390.001,7184
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535279.91/cwt270.00–290.001,4982
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560290.92/cwt272.50–310.001,6292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8302
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668297.06/cwt287.00–307.501,9842
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1165490.00/cwt490.00–490.008091
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223504.04/cwt475.00–530.001,1242
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1274481.51/cwt450.00–500.001,3194
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324449.77/cwt430.00–465.001,4574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371422.47/cwt400.00–465.001,5677
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390377.28/cwt360.00–395.001,4712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405402.50/cwt390.00–415.001,6302
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423300.30/cwt250.00–350.001,2702
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7804
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512353.44/cwt340.00–365.001,8103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580271.28/cwt270.00–272.501,5732
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8101
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0531
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,720200.08/cwt194.00–207.003,4412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%830125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0381
Cows—Lean 85-90%950144.89/cwt140.00–157.001,3766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060163.01/cwt158.00–169.001,72814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,665.76/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6662

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.