Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2026-07-21

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 115▼ 85 vs year ago 128 · −66.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 24▼ 25 vs year ago 26 · −96.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call an accurate trend today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $365.05/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +31.50 against this barn's trailing median of $333.55.
Average price
$365.05
10 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$45.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.01
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2586375.022,1985thin
Medium and Large 1543361.361,9614thin
Medium and Large 2560330.001,8481thin
One grade step is worth $45.02/cwt here — about $350 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd
365.05
—
MS average13 barns · 131 hd
376.06
−11.01
This barn, trailing median3 sales
333.55
+31.50
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

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
Bulls—Average1,905185.003,5241thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413442.27/cwt435.00–450.001,8272
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426408.71/cwt402.50–415.001,7414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8663
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0943
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1293507.31/cwt485.00–530.001,4862
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417450.00/cwt440.00–460.001,8773
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9301
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527370.14/cwt355.00–380.001,9513
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2586375.02/cwt360.00–385.002,1985
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9771
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0461
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,905185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,5241

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.