Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-11-18

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 97▲ 35 vs year ago 70 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 30▲ 5 vs year ago 14 · +35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: it was a light run, calves sold steady to 10 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady. No Sale next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.91/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −8.64 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$324.91
4 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.49
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542327.381,7743thin
Medium and Large 2525317.501,6671thin
One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about $108 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 sale4 hd
324.91
—
MS average13 barns · 140 hd
337.40
−12.49
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
−8.64
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
Bulls—Average1,387164.512,2825thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,297154.081,9983thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average999123.351,2327thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,7164
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215400.00/cwt400.00–400.008601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429363.84/cwt357.00–370.001,5615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458361.24/cwt360.00–362.501,6542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470362.20/cwt355.00–367.501,7027
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518329.86/cwt320.00–340.001,7092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8571
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630288.46/cwt287.00–290.001,8172
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688273.45/cwt260.00–287.001,8812
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7731
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,9821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273407.84/cwt400.00–415.001,1132
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278464.19/cwt435.00–495.001,2904
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328458.68/cwt450.00–465.001,5044
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363381.83/cwt350.00–415.001,3862
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378452.75/cwt445.00–460.001,7112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419377.36/cwt350.00–412.501,5815
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,5691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470345.00/cwt335.00–355.001,6222
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7272
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,6671
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542327.38/cwt319.00–333.001,7743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8301
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2651303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,195150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7931
Bulls——1,435168.14/cwt165.00–172.002,4134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940107.06/cwt100.00–113.001,0063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043135.57/cwt127.50–140.001,4144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297154.08/cwt140.00–159.001,9983

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.