Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers sold 8-22 higher, heifers sold 7-20 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light tested market. Sold 1 load of heifers on the board 775lbs. @ 3.465/lb.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.64/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +1.46 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$374.64

45 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$47.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.67

vs MS average

−23.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	377.71	2,162	38
Medium and Large 1	535	369.16	1,975	5thin
Medium and Large 2	530	329.95	1,749	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.76/cwt here — about $413 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

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 sale45 hd

374.64

—

MS average14 barns · 392 hd

348.97

+25.67

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−23.22

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

+1.46

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	1,765	187.00	3,301	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,405	155.59	2,186	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	132.35	1,394	5thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	921	$1,703	4thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,765	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,301	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	155.59/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,186	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	138.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,425	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	123.31/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	329.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,205	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,556	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,328	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,101	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,443	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	367.70/cwt	355.00–387.50	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	390.22/cwt	365.00–420.00	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	487.21/cwt	450.00–525.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	360.56/cwt	342.50–385.00	1,723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	335.95/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	381.56/cwt	352.50–410.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	180	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	921	1,702.65/head	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	462.19/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	360.73/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,031	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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