Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend. 2 Loads of heifers sold on the board to be picked up on farm, 1 load 700lbs. at $365. 1 load 775lbs. at $336.75.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $416.25/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +69.66 against this barn's trailing median of $346.59.

Average price

$416.25

2 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.60

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	416.25	2,341	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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

416.25

—

MS average13 barns · 80 hd

428.85

−12.60

This barn, trailing median3 sales

346.59

+69.66

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	1,428	197.58	2,821	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	176.14	2,225	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	168.03	2,436	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	780	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	350	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,403	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Bulls	—	—	1,428	197.58/cwt	195.00–200.00	2,821	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	176.14/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,225	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	168.03/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,436	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →