Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-06-09

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 50▼ 96 vs year ago 137 · −70.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 4▼ 4 vs year ago 12 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend. Next Auction Will Be July 7th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.33/cwt on 3 head, up $30.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +46.59 against this barn's trailing median of $341.74.
Average price
$388.33
▲ 30.21 vs prior sale
3 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.93
vs MS average
−12.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550400.002,2001thin
Medium and Large 1-2533382.502,0392thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $161 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 sale3 hd
388.33
—
MS average14 barns · 229 hd
379.40
+8.93
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−12.19
This barn, trailing median7 sales
341.74
+46.59
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—Average1,675212.003,5511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,147180.352,0683thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3681
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380437.30/cwt430.00–445.001,6622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0472
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7873
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323531.82/cwt515.00–550.001,7182
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468432.57/cwt430.00–435.002,0242
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0191
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510413.88/cwt405.00–420.002,1115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1751
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4151
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,675212.00/cwt212.00–212.003,5511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090178.02/cwt166.00–186.001,9402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,3311

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.