Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 5-10 higher, Heifers sold sold 8-15 higher, up to 25 higher in spots. Slaughter cows werent well tested but seemed a little lower. Sold 2 loads of heifers on the board. 1 load 750lbs. $338.5, 1 load 805lbs. $331.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.36/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +12.18 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$385.36

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$18.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+43.12

vs MS average

+16.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	389.08	2,139	32
Medium and Large 1	557	370.48	2,065	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.60/cwt here — about $74 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 sale40 hd

385.36

—

MS average14 barns · 461 hd

342.24

+43.12

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+16.45

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

+12.18

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	1,700	175.00	2,975	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	147.05	1,691	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	128.13	1,331	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,700	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	147.05/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,691	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	138.93/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,544	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	395.28/cwt	370.00–415.00	2,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	364.31/cwt	347.50–380.00	2,233	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	394.78/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	328.47/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	344.89/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	369.21/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	370.86/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	386.65/cwt	347.50–405.00	2,181	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	412.69/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,985	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,246	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	335.01/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	327.41/cwt	322.00–335.00	2,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,332	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	407.71/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	397.40/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	371.24/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	395.04/cwt	382.50–410.00	1,632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	349.48/cwt	346.50–355.00	2,331	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	353.53/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,700	4

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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