Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really strong market for their first sale to quote a market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.86/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −65.32 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$307.86

26 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.46

vs MS average

−30.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	309.81	1,729	10thin
Medium and Large 1	544	306.63	1,668	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.18/cwt here — about $61 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.58, low $341.57, median $373.18 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

307.86

—

MS average13 barns · 344 hd

321.32

−13.46

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−30.38

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

−65.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,295	183.00	2,370	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	152.36	1,711	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	996	124.83	1,243	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,604	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,410	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	865	$2,125	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	999	$1,986	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,918	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,247	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,490	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,405	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,262	$3,017	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · Johnson Stockyard - Kosciusko, Mississippi

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,409.63/head	1,750.00–2,800.00	2,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,754	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	2,153.38/head	1,475.00–2,750.00	2,153	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,304.08/head	2,950.00–3,600.00	3,304	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,246.62/head	195.00–2,250.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	295.45/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,870	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	333.26/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,580	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,826.28/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,826	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	368.05/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,557	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,918.45/head	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,918	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	2,603.71/head	2,000.00–3,000.00	2,604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	920	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	902	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	139.25/cwt	125.00–147.00	1,419	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	152.36/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,711	5
Bulls	—	—	1,295	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	309.81/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	302.53/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	305.63/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	307.09/cwt	297.50–325.00	1,637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	315.00/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	412.16/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	418.85/cwt	395.00–445.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	366.62/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	417.63/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	283.78/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	370.22/cwt	317.50–395.00	1,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	318.88/cwt	307.50–350.00	1,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	367.22/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	262.50/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	291.12/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,508	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,477	2

How this sale compares

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.

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