Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: there was not enough data to call a trend on feeders. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −83.41 against this barn's trailing median of $418.41.

Average price

$335.00

3 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.51

vs MS average

−40.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	335.00	1,843	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.72, low $359.72, median $418.41 across 7 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 sale3 hd

335.00

—

MS average13 barns · 258 hd

346.51

−11.51

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−40.74

This barn, trailing median7 sales

418.41

−83.41

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,307	155.93	2,037	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	147.00	2,190	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	145.34	1,567	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,262	$2,106	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,171	$2,095	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,335	$3,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	730	$2,525	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	1,262	2,105.74/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,106	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	305.78/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	329.84/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	308.75/cwt	285.00–332.50	1,467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	325.40/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	333.75/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	291.25/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	730	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	2,094.79/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,095	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	145.34/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,567	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,190	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	163.59/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,503	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	152.64/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,848	7

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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