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Winona Livestock Auction

Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 2

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

34 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 105▼ 84 vs year ago 118 · −71.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 19▲ 0 vs year ago 22 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: there were not enough cattle to call an accurate trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −36.74 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.

Average price

$305.00

4 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.54

vs MS average

−65.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	310.00	1,666	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	300.00	1,599	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

305.00

—

MS average11 barns · 134 hd

336.54

−31.54

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−65.45

This barn, trailing median7 sales

341.74

−36.74

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,885	174.68	3,293	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	150.00	1,716	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	126.58	1,273	9thin

Every lot

24 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	306.50/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,149	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,276	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,193	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	286.54/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,347	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,412	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	933	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	343.21/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,603	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,885	174.68/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,293	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	106.57/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,032	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,246	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	139.10/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,430	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	150.00/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,716	8

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Dec 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 105Year ago 118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 19Year ago 22

Compared to last sale: there were not enough cattle to call an accurate trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	124.00	124.00
3	—	968	100.00–110.00	106.57
5	—	1,028	135.00–146.50	139.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	147.00–155.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	170.00–180.00	174.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	555	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	307.50	307.50
3	800–850	804	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	300.00–312.50	306.50
1	400–450	415	287.50	287.50
2	450–500	470	272.50–300.00	286.54
2	500–550	533	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	635	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	467	337.50–350.00	343.21

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.