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Winona Livestock Auction

Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 9

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

62 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 34▼ 92 vs year ago 154 · −59.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 6 vs year ago 11 · +54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: all calves sold 15-20 higher, Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $347.22/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +13.67 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.

Average price

$347.22

9 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.15

vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	350.00	1,866	8thin
Medium and Large 1	560	325.00	1,820	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $46 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 sale9 hd

347.22

—

MS average12 barns · 112 hd

361.37

−14.15

This barn, trailing median3 sales

333.55

+13.67

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	990	172.50	1,708	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,307	157.29	2,056	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	960	109.40	1,051	3thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,958	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,092	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,215	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,296	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	387.59/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,388	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	381.22/cwt	377.50–382.50	1,616	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,618	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	357.87/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,675	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	362.48/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,968	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,005	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	968	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	487.80/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,527	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	356.60/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,337	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,777	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,860	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,713	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,905	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,814	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,734	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	990	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,708	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	95.10/cwt	90.00–100.00	840	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,539	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	157.29/cwt	155.00–158.50	2,056	3

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 34Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 22Year ago 11

Compared to last week: all calves sold 15-20 higher, Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	455.00	455.00
1	250–300	270	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	358	375.00–400.00	387.59
1	400–450	435	372.00	372.00
2	450–500	468	347.50–367.50	357.87
2	500–550	543	357.50–367.50	362.48
1	550–600	560	358.00	358.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	407.50	407.50
8	400–450	424	377.50–382.50	381.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	325.00–385.00	356.60
4	400–450	418	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	313	475.00–500.00	487.80
1	400–450	430	432.50	432.50
1	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	351.00	351.00
4	500–550	508	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	558	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	645	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	90.00–100.00	95.10
1	—	1,115	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	155.00–158.50	157.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	172.50	172.50

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.