Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-03-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 24
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 36▲ 3 vs year ago 89 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 19▼ 57 vs year ago 67 · −85.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady to 8 higher across all categories. slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $434.17/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +100.62 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$434.17
3 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$423
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.52
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533461.252,4562thin
Medium and Large 2535380.002,0331thin
One grade step is worth $81.25/cwt here — about $423 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale3 hd
434.17
—
MS average13 barns · 102 hd
426.64
+7.52
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
+100.62
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

3 sales
379352324297median 333.5507/2107/2109/2210/2010/20
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $365.05, low $310.94, median $333.55 across 3 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%Average1,142179.452,0497thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,735160.002,7761thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average748130.009722thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,7081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7231
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438500.85/cwt487.50–515.002,1943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,4081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,3212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518452.42/cwt450.00–455.002,3442
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570398.00/cwt377.50–420.002,2692
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280473.71/cwt450.00–495.001,3262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334509.96/cwt490.00–520.001,7033
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369519.73/cwt512.50–527.501,9184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372483.63/cwt420.00–520.001,7993
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421446.34/cwt420.00–515.001,8795
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462429.61/cwt405.00–457.501,9855
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523395.00/cwt375.00–425.002,0663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220605.00/cwt580.00–630.001,3312
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,7421
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2306591.01/cwt590.00–592.501,8085
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321556.97/cwt500.00–595.001,7887
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9701
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355547.00/cwt535.00–565.001,9425
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2403520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0968
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415512.35/cwt500.00–525.002,1262
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0331
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,5281
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008641
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139183.73/cwt183.00–185.002,0935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148168.74/cwt160.00–177.001,9372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,735160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,7761

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.