Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-02-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 145▲ 18 vs year ago 96 · +18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 6 vs year ago 20 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers, heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cattle sold steady on a light tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.06/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +31.31 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$373.06
16 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.60
vs MS average
−57.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501376.761,88813thin
Medium and Large 1552357.001,9693thin
One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale16 hd
373.06
—
MS average14 barns · 215 hd
398.66
−25.60
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−57.36
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+31.31
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—Average1,060145.001,5371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,101182.662,0114thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low975149.241,4555thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)948$1,4632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,120$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$3,0001thin

Every lot

46 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 1195670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,3071
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,5811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334569.62/cwt565.00–572.501,9035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407488.71/cwt450.00–515.001,9893
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490452.47/cwt450.00–455.002,2172
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503484.33/cwt475.00–490.002,4368
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513424.27/cwt395.00–455.002,1772
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4194
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,5194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673386.69/cwt370.00–392.502,6024
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768352.44/cwt337.00–368.002,7076
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,6231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1175533.00/cwt500.00–570.009332
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1203562.41/cwt555.00–570.001,1422
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273528.07/cwt500.00–560.001,4422
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329503.12/cwt450.00–535.001,6558
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3071
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418406.93/cwt400.00–425.001,7015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,7772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501376.76/cwt356.00–385.001,88813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560350.50/cwt340.00–361.001,9632
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621362.39/cwt349.00–370.002,2508
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1421
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,1891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,3531
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333554.25/cwt535.00–575.001,8462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0251
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3041
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525397.50/cwt360.00–435.002,0872
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,060145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%908136.47/cwt133.00–140.001,2392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020157.76/cwt150.00–163.001,6093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101182.66/cwt180.00–184.002,0114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38901,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1203,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.