Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last steers and heifes sold mostly steady, slaughter cattle were not well tested. Sold 1 load, 69, heifers @746lbs. $305.25.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.24/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −66.94 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$306.24

12 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$12.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.50

vs MS average

−34.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	309.44	1,637	9thin
Medium and Large 1	552	296.62	1,636	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.82/cwt here — about $1 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.

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 sale12 hd

306.24

—

MS average14 barns · 307 hd

316.74

−10.50

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−34.68

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

−66.94

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	—	Low	1,370	161.00	2,206	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	140.00	1,918	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	140.00	1,519	4thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,845	$3,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	870	$1,941	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	343.26/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	292.24/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	318.83/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	302.80/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,272	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	870	1,940.80/head	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	313.00/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	405.13/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,918	1
Bulls	—	—	1,055	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,519	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,519	4
Bulls	—	—	1,685	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	350.15/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	387.31/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	307.43/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	309.46/cwt	275.00–345.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	305.25/cwt	305.25–305.25	2,280	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,845	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	352.69/cwt	320.00–385.00	1,527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,739	1

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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