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Winona Livestock Auction

Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 20

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119

← Jan 13Jan 20Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

78 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 153▲ 29 vs year ago 49 · +59.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 23▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Calves and slaughter cattle sold mostly steady on a lightly tested market.

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 $340.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits −0.99 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.

Average price

$340.75

4 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$26.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.35

vs MS average

−70.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	354.00	1,958	2thin
Medium and Large 2	558	327.50	1,826	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $132 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

340.75

—

MS average14 barns · 202 hd

370.10

−29.35

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−70.12

This barn, trailing median7 sales

341.74

−0.99

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	1,620	184.75	2,993	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	164.00	2,050	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	142.51	1,472	4thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,063	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,971	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	424.47/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,203	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	387.82/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,424	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	195	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	878	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	931	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	448.32/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,448	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,516	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,527	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	372.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,695	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,958	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,227	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	689.56/cwt	670.00–700.00	1,552	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,485	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	556.74/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,793	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	470.79/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,977	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	371.73/cwt	348.00–395.00	1,933	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,795	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	3,198	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	142.51/cwt	135.00–148.50	1,472	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,050	1

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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 153Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 23Year ago 12

Compared to last week: Calves and slaughter cattle sold mostly steady on a lightly tested market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	191.50	191.50
1	—	1,570	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	135.00–148.50	142.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	670.00–700.00	689.56
2	300–350	325	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	420	450.00–490.00	470.79
2	500–550	520	348.00–395.00	371.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
6	300–350	322	550.00–560.00	556.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	519	420.00–429.00	424.47
2	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	625	383.00–395.00	387.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	410	372.50	372.50
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	335	452.50	452.50
2	550–600	553	354.00	354.00
4	650–700	683	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	365.00	365.00
3	300–350	323	445.00–450.00	448.32
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	370.00–375.00	372.47
1	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00

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.