Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-07-14

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 170▲ 43 vs year ago 72 · +59.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 37▲ 3 vs year ago 21 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder calves sold mixed, 5 lower to 10 higher, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-8 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.53/cwt on 7 head, up $11.47 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +53.53 against this barn's trailing median of $371.00.
Average price
$424.53
▲ 11.47 vs prior sale
7 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.70
vs MS average
−14.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528431.122,2746thin
Medium and Large 2520385.002,0021thin
One grade step is worth $46.12/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale7 hd
424.53
—
MS average13 barns · 385 hd
429.23
−4.70
National average158 barns · 7,617 hd
439.15
−14.62
This barn, trailing median6 sales
371.00
+53.53
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

6 sales
462415368320median 371.0003/0307/0709/2209/2910/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $447.90, low $334.47, median $371.00 across 6 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—Average2,153218.984,7153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,367179.362,45212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,652171.522,8343thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,265156.751,9832thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260592.95/cwt540.00–640.001,5423
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390477.60/cwt470.00–485.001,8632
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413472.42/cwt460.00–485.001,9512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477434.35/cwt417.50–450.002,0723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480428.32/cwt425.00–432.502,0567
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482388.32/cwt350.00–415.001,8723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523437.34/cwt410.00–495.002,2875
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,4291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,5767
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360452.53/cwt450.00–455.001,6292
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6693
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8602
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463407.65/cwt380.00–435.001,8872
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475359.68/cwt350.00–370.001,7082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528398.73/cwt397.50–400.002,1052
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570397.48/cwt380.00–415.002,2665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3062
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1814
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3431
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368489.66/cwt480.00–500.001,8022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380476.15/cwt475.00–480.001,8094
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422438.27/cwt425.00–450.001,8495
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475432.77/cwt400.00–460.002,0563
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1362
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525374.05/cwt350.00–400.001,9642
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565383.79/cwt360.00–410.002,1683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9431
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0132
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635326.54/cwt320.00–335.002,0743
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678330.18/cwt320.00–340.002,2392
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2951
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,4182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,153218.98/cwt202.00–231.004,7153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,325168.50/cwt168.50–168.502,2331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,367179.36/cwt175.00–188.002,45212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,652171.52/cwt170.00–175.002,8343

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.