Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-02-17

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 115▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 39▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15 higher, heifers sold steady to 12 higher. Very few slaughter cows but they sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $449.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 7 of 6 comparable sales and sits +78.00 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$449.00
4 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,496
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.39
vs MS average
−38.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556449.002,4964thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
449.00
—
MS average13 barns · 295 hd
452.39
−3.39
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−38.35
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
+78.00
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,443183.462,6479thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1165730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,2051
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210780.00/cwt780.00–780.001,6381
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275731.73/cwt690.00–780.002,0122
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,1051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318653.33/cwt605.00–671.002,0788
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,1941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382547.31/cwt531.00–575.002,0918
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,1482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434506.00/cwt506.00–506.002,19621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,2897
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,4964
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,4531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5641
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,78711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370448.40/cwt440.00–457.501,6592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,7368
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438379.91/cwt375.00–385.001,6642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464415.38/cwt410.00–419.001,92710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488389.38/cwt350.00–430.001,9002
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8071
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1493
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615357.07/cwt340.00–365.002,1965
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1183
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732315.83/cwt311.00–322.502,3127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325665.00/cwt665.00–665.002,1612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,1761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430459.65/cwt400.00–490.001,9763
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2551
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2941
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,443183.46/cwt176.00–190.002,6479

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.