Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-10-21

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 21
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 155▲ 105 vs year ago 104 · +101.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 30▼ 13 vs year ago 26 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows higher 2.00. Slaughter bulls higher 2.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.06/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +22.32 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$364.06
41 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$458
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$69.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.57
vs MS average
−26.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546367.982,00836
Medium and Large 1570361.032,0583thin
Medium and Large 2520298.141,5502thin
One grade step is worth $69.84/cwt here — about $458 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 sale41 hd
364.06
—
MS average14 barns · 355 hd
355.49
+8.57
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−26.76
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+22.32
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—Average1,702186.423,1733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,120157.971,7707thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average905135.671,2283thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315575.24/cwt560.00–590.001,8122
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333462.56/cwt455.00–470.001,5402
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358482.55/cwt480.00–485.001,7282
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415408.54/cwt400.00–417.501,6952
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417431.61/cwt420.00–439.001,8008
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429376.88/cwt280.00–416.001,6174
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473395.53/cwt387.50–404.001,8712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,8583
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528315.77/cwt280.00–365.001,6674
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533371.77/cwt370.00–377.001,9828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535375.71/cwt360.00–385.002,0104
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565367.70/cwt336.00–376.002,07810
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565345.40/cwt330.00–360.001,9522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2506
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7461
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678362.02/cwt360.00–364.002,4542
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4117
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,3431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150370.00/cwt370.00–370.005551
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210370.00/cwt370.00–370.007771
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270419.81/cwt415.00–425.001,1332
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325419.68/cwt375.00–430.001,3645
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328306.03/cwt260.00–350.001,0042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377354.44/cwt290.00–380.001,3365
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378402.12/cwt385.00–415.001,5206
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415375.83/cwt367.50–385.001,5603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425409.26/cwt397.50–415.001,7394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,83313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473378.01/cwt362.50–395.001,7884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477335.04/cwt300.00–360.001,5986
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9953
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520298.14/cwt277.50–320.001,5502
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533366.37/cwt365.00–372.001,95315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553371.50/cwt371.50–371.502,0545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570361.03/cwt350.00–381.002,0583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576358.35/cwt355.00–361.002,0649
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2849
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.77/cwt310.00–332.002,3102
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2443
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260250.00/cwt250.00–250.006501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2337595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,0052
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427407.40/cwt400.00–412.501,7403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470358.03/cwt345.00–370.001,6832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8691
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533327.28/cwt280.00–375.001,7442
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,702186.42/cwt180.00–190.003,1733
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%750129.00/cwt129.00–129.009681
Cows—Lean 85-90%983139.01/cwt134.00–144.001,3662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,5071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136159.80/cwt155.00–163.001,8156

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.