Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-05-12

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 61▲ 57 vs year ago 14 · +407.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 18▲ 13 vs year ago 5 · +260.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers and heifers sold mostly steady, Slaughter cattle sold higher 3-7.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.24/cwt on 6 head, down $6.00 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +49.50 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$391.24
▼ 6.00 vs prior sale
6 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.51
vs MS average
−25.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529394.492,0875thin
Medium and Large 1590375.002,2131thin
One grade step is worth $19.49/cwt here — about −$126 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 sale6 hd
391.24
—
MS average13 barns · 271 hd
402.75
−11.51
National average171 barns · 11,385 hd
417.11
−25.87
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+49.50
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%Average1,506186.312,8075thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low919155.811,4328thin

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)910$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,345$3,0001thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228597.75/cwt590.00–605.001,3632
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331561.45/cwt550.00–575.001,8585
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485455.15/cwt447.50–462.502,2074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,2631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5882
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,8182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,7232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,4982
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,8053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474416.52/cwt397.50–430.001,9746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529394.49/cwt390.00–397.502,0875
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,3921
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328539.19/cwt520.00–565.001,7693
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2337557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,8792
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355500.59/cwt450.00–575.001,7773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,9141
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463455.52/cwt442.50–462.502,1093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2488475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3182
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,3901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860139.19/cwt131.00–143.001,1973
Cows—Lean 85-90%930159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4791
Cows—Lean 85-90%961167.47/cwt163.00–170.001,6094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,453193.53/cwt191.00–197.002,8122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,542181.49/cwt177.00–185.002,7993
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29102,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.