Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to compare to last week but feeder calves sold really. Slaughter cattle looked steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.92/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −35.26 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$337.92

19 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$861

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

$124.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.44

vs MS average

−30.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	349.38	2,009	8thin
Medium and Large 1	539	340.04	1,831	10thin
Medium and Large 2	510	225.00	1,148	1thin

One grade step is worth $124.38/cwt here — about $861 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

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 sale19 hd

337.92

—

MS average14 barns · 376 hd

355.36

−17.44

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−30.42

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

−35.26

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	1,388	168.02	2,332	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	978	122.29	1,196	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,295	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	333.71/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	345.17/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	328.79/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	370.24/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	336.58/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	343.95/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,799	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	488.03/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	333.75/cwt	315.00–352.50	2,403	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	524.22/cwt	505.00–545.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	335.99/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	381.49/cwt	325.00–430.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,064	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	2,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	316.23/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	349.49/cwt	312.50–370.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	362.06/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	381.51/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	342.50/cwt	300.00–385.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	402.52/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	320.85/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	399.84/cwt	342.50–485.00	1,671	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	115.93/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,125	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,343	1
Bulls	—	—	1,388	168.02/cwt	150.00–190.00	2,332	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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