Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: It was a light run and quaility was plain, not enough to data to call a trend. No Salenext week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $301.71/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −71.46 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$301.71

3 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$64.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.14

vs MS average

−55.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	345.00	1,777	1thin
Medium and Large 2	538	280.07	1,507	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.93/cwt here — about $270 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 sale3 hd

301.71

—

MS average14 barns · 227 hd

334.86

−33.14

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−55.18

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

−71.46

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	1,682	148.12	2,491	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	160.00	1,936	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	130.00	1,498	2thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$1,852	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,200	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	735	$1,600	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	730	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,760	136.06/cwt	125.00–150.00	2,395	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,836	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,181	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	166.20/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,852.09/head	1,650.00–2,200.00	1,852	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	345.24/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	340.68/cwt	322.50–360.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	379.86/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	347.99/cwt	325.00–372.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	399.74/cwt	375.00–425.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	378.45/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.85/cwt	332.50–370.00	1,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	405.06/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	280.07/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	1

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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