Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-09-09

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 9
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 58▼ 158 vs year ago 231 · −68.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 18▼ 7 vs year ago 11 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes looked mostly steadt on a very lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.44/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +4.45 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$375.44
24 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$377
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$75.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.44
vs MS average
−38.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537385.142,06719thin
Medium and Large 1522357.691,8673thin
Medium and Large 2545310.001,6902thin
One grade step is worth $75.14/cwt here — about $377 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 sale24 hd
375.44
—
MS average13 barns · 436 hd
390.89
−15.44
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−38.08
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
+4.45
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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—Average1,725195.843,3782thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average895148.001,3251thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215685.00/cwt685.00–685.001,4731
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458384.92/cwt370.00–400.001,7632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7461
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522357.69/cwt350.00–372.501,8673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523389.06/cwt340.00–404.002,03515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588370.42/cwt364.00–377.002,1784
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9031
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,4568
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2061
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2161
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427355.92/cwt345.00–362.501,5203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469350.68/cwt330.00–372.501,6455
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535331.84/cwt275.00–360.001,7754
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573326.42/cwt295.00–345.001,8703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,725195.84/cwt190.00–200.003,3782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3251

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.