Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared tolast week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $348.40/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +1.07 against this barn's trailing median of $347.33.

Average price

$348.40

13 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$34.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.81

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	356.34	1,947	10thin
Medium and Large 2	525	321.97	1,690	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.37/cwt here — about $257 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

348.40

—

MS average13 barns · 182 hd

362.22

−13.81

This barn, trailing median1 sales

347.33

+1.07

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	1,558	191.25	2,980	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	163.22	2,174	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,615	157.00	2,536	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	131.87	1,396	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,455	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	770	$1,375	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	770	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	300–350	325	440.00/cwt	410.00–470.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	770	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	770	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	163.22/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,174	6
Bulls	—	—	1,558	191.25/cwt	175.00–200.00	2,980	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,536	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	135.16/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,457	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	436.93/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	337.38/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,771	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	321.97/cwt	280.00–350.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	364.95/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	339.17/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	362.81/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	349.86/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	355.11/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,669	3

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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