Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-01-13

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 118▼ 56 vs year ago 209 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 20▼ 8 vs year ago 31 · −25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Weaned groups (listed as M&L 1-2) sold 5-15 higher, steer and heifer calves, Lighter calves under 450 sold mixed, over 450 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 $349.22/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +7.47 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$349.22
21 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$63.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.69
vs MS average
−64.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542358.741,94312thin
Medium and Large 1557357.291,9896thin
Medium and Large 2507294.951,4953thin
One grade step is worth $63.79/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd
349.22
—
MS average14 barns · 343 hd
370.90
−21.69
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−64.26
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+7.47
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—Average1,762187.073,2967thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,088147.291,6032thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,089134.521,4669thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,0182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373538.77/cwt525.00–552.002,0102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388467.84/cwt450.00–485.001,8152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,9122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433483.84/cwt445.00–525.002,0952
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473456.60/cwt435.00–480.002,1603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,0382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573409.08/cwt400.00–415.002,3445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,4971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4642
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3461
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,6452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270412.50/cwt400.00–425.001,1142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325417.31/cwt400.00–425.001,3563
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2346462.40/cwt425.00–513.001,6007
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370423.72/cwt422.50–425.001,5682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387427.45/cwt425.00–430.001,6544
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415386.25/cwt380.00–392.501,6032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418408.34/cwt403.00–420.001,70712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453358.65/cwt340.00–377.501,6252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455378.30/cwt360.00–400.001,7213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507371.61/cwt367.50–380.001,8846
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507294.95/cwt280.00–310.001,4953
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508370.05/cwt360.00–380.001,8802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576345.88/cwt326.00–362.501,9926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581350.91/cwt323.00–385.002,0394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610337.83/cwt337.50–338.002,0616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,2195
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8131
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2396500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9803
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9803
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470428.21/cwt415.00–440.002,0133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2554357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9816
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2681360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,762187.07/cwt176.00–196.003,2967
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,087140.95/cwt135.00–144.001,5327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088147.29/cwt145.50–149.001,6032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098112.02/cwt105.00–118.001,2302

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.