Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: it was a light run with not enough to call an accurate trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −45.18 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$328.00

5 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.85

vs MS average

−37.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	330.00	1,793	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	325.00	1,830	2thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about −$37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd

328.00

—

MS average14 barns · 325 hd

347.85

−19.85

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−37.85

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

−45.18

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	1,245	167.00	2,079	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	160.00	2,464	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	159.39	2,110	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	119.99	1,152	7thin

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)	1,385	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,125	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,886	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	910	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	—	1,245	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,079	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,464	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	135.27/cwt	116.00–147.00	1,217	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	158.16/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,078	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	162.46/cwt	156.00–169.00	2,190	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,885.93/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,005	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	333.75/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	343.03/cwt	325.00–362.50	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	810	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	800	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	352.80/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	860	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,966	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	108.03/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,107	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	360.43/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,117	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	150–200	185	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	722	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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