Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers, heifers and bulls sold 7-20 higher, some weaned groups 30 higher. slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-6 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −68.66 against this barn's trailing median of $418.41.

Average price

$349.75

4 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$53.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.90

vs MS average

−31.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	363.00	2,004	3thin
Medium and Large 2	590	310.00	1,829	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.00/cwt here — about $175 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.

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 sale4 hd

349.75

—

MS average12 barns · 335 hd

361.65

−11.90

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−31.93

This barn, trailing median7 sales

418.41

−68.66

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	1,655	201.92	3,342	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	166.17	2,190	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	140.86	1,399	5thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,063	$2,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	166.17/cwt	159.00–172.00	2,190	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	151.47/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,575	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	124.95/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	389.21/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	338.79/cwt	338.75–339.00	2,497	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	373.39/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	401.99/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	443.37/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,124	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	200.27/cwt	182.50–214.00	2,375	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	2,274.59/head	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	344.48/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,571	4
Bulls	—	—	1,655	201.92/cwt	197.00–207.00	3,342	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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