Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 7
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 83▲ 78 vs year ago 10 · +780.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 11 vs year ago 4 · +275.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 3▲ 15 vs year ago 3 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers, heifers and bulls sold unevely steady, Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $354.32/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −16.68 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$354.32
10 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.65
vs MS average
−91.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575363.542,0907thin
Medium and Large 2564332.811,8763thin
One grade step is worth $30.73/cwt here — about $214 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 sale10 hd
354.32
—
MS average14 barns · 399 hd
382.97
−28.65
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−91.53
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
−16.68
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—Average1,695189.033,2044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,140152.571,7393thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average966131.181,2675thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,138$2,8993thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$2,8965
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,226$2,9516
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$2,0501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)940$1,5501thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373466.91/cwt450.00–485.001,7422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429390.93/cwt380.00–402.001,6775
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,8311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573347.96/cwt346.00–350.001,9942
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575363.54/cwt362.50–370.002,0907
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618346.36/cwt330.00–370.002,1413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674338.95/cwt331.00–344.002,2855
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,6041
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,6001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268422.52/cwt395.00–455.001,1323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325423.58/cwt405.00–440.001,3772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5592
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425368.68/cwt362.50–375.001,5672
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473337.78/cwt320.00–355.001,5982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478363.81/cwt341.00–385.001,7396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518358.16/cwt346.00–367.001,8553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590345.50/cwt341.00–350.002,0382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620330.58/cwt320.00–352.002,0503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369460.31/cwt420.00–490.001,6995
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433390.19/cwt380.00–400.001,6903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2890266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,3671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,515175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6511
Bulls——1,755193.71/cwt193.00–195.003,4003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0371
Cows—Lean 85-90%980135.48/cwt120.00–146.001,3284
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140152.57/cwt150.50–155.001,7393
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1432,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2683,025.84/head2,800.00–3,500.003,0264
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1382,899.12/head2,800.00–3,000.002,8993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,896.21/head2,350.00–3,150.002,8965

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.