Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $408.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +61.91 against this barn's trailing median of $346.59.

Average price

$408.50

2 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+55.07

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	425.00	2,125	1thin
Medium and Large 2	505	392.00	1,980	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $145 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 sale2 hd

408.50

—

MS average13 barns · 166 hd

353.43

+55.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

346.59

+61.91

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	1,500	180.00	2,700	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,500	148.50	2,228	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	138.43	1,554	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,387	$2,118	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	968	$1,805	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$1,649	6
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	294.16/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	391.21/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	341.67/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	431.20/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,387	2,118.20/head	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,118	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	915	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,648.80/head	1,450.00–2,000.00	1,649	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	968	1,804.91/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,805	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	122.17/cwt	112.00–133.00	1,368	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,842	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,665	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,647	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	144.94/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,629	5

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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