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 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +1.82 against this barn's trailing median of $346.59.

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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $347.33, low $328.94, median $346.59 across 3 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 sale13 hd

348.40

—

MS average13 barns · 182 hd

362.22

−13.81

This barn, trailing median3 sales

346.59

+1.82

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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