Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-09-23

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 23
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 67▼ 5 vs year ago 58 · −8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: It was a light run with not enough data to call and accurate trend but a higher undertone was noted in all classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $329.11/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −4.44 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$329.11
5 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.50
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525335.761,7634thin
Medium and Large 2560302.501,6941thin
One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $69 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 sale5 hd
329.11
—
MS average13 barns · 181 hd
349.61
−20.50
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
−4.44
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,239164.042,0324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,062140.231,4893thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475387.94/cwt386.00–390.001,8432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573374.44/cwt370.00–379.002,1462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603368.73/cwt365.00–372.502,2232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373413.20/cwt365.00–445.001,5413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,7172
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523356.57/cwt354.00–362.501,8654
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563336.24/cwt325.00–348.001,8932
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2721
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1672
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320455.26/cwt420.00–500.001,4573
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382416.73/cwt400.00–430.001,5926
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488339.95/cwt330.00–350.001,6592
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525335.76/cwt330.00–342.501,7634
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6941
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628323.53/cwt315.00–332.002,0323
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,3351
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,1591
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780299.50/cwt296.00–303.002,3362
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1910275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062140.23/cwt120.00–157.001,4893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280168.07/cwt165.00–170.002,1512

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.