Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-03-10

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 10
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 135▼ 53 vs year ago 75 · −70.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 2 vs year ago 7 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: It was a very light run today. Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +38.26 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$380.00
1 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,128
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.49
vs MS average
−33.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560380.002,1281thin
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 sale1 hd
380.00
—
MS average14 barns · 199 hd
386.49
−6.49
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−33.78
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+38.26
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,008171.781,7322thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4961
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,1288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9602
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1281
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,3321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,008171.78/cwt169.00–175.001,7322

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.