Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 11
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 96▲ 19 vs year ago 78 · +24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 18▲ 11 vs year ago 19 · +57.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 8 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers, heifers and bulls sold steady to 9 higher, slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.45/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −19.29 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$322.45
8 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.80
vs MS average
−41.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532327.801,7447thin
Medium and Large 2515285.001,4681thin
One grade step is worth $42.80/cwt here — about $277 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 sale8 hd
322.45
—
MS average14 barns · 380 hd
338.25
−15.80
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−41.51
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
−19.29
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,163158.031,83914
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,006132.221,3306thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)758$1,6342thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)928$1,5883thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)730$1,2001thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313514.76/cwt505.00–525.001,6112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360444.39/cwt400.00–465.001,6004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2210425.00/cwt425.00–425.008932
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,0002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313418.20/cwt400.00–430.001,3094
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,6572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413405.09/cwt390.00–420.001,6732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443314.97/cwt310.00–320.001,3952
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519329.34/cwt320.00–357.501,7095
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565323.95/cwt312.50–335.001,8302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220450.00/cwt450.00–450.009901
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265520.38/cwt500.00–540.001,3792
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323500.70/cwt455.00–530.001,6173
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362453.27/cwt430.00–490.001,6413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7133
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435387.95/cwt370.00–420.001,6883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455337.50/cwt300.00–375.001,5362
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2461362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465359.12/cwt340.00–375.001,6704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520353.70/cwt352.50–355.001,8392
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8271
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8751
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031135.66/cwt124.00–145.001,3995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133156.09/cwt150.00–165.001,76811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275165.15/cwt164.00–168.002,1063
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27581,634.32/head1,500.00–1,775.001,6342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29281,588.11/head1,425.00–1,675.001,5883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001

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.