Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend. Sold 2 loads of heifers on the board to be picked up on farm. 1 load 715lbs. $356.25; 1 load 790lbs. $339.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.58/cwt on 6 head, up $22.73 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +41.41 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$414.58

▲ 22.73 vs prior sale

6 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$2.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.18

vs MS average

−9.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	415.00	2,419	5thin
Medium and Large 1	540	412.50	2,228	1thin

One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about $192 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 sale6 hd

414.58

—

MS average12 barns · 215 hd

399.40

+15.18

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−9.49

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

+41.41

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	995	150.00	1,493	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	146.77	1,494	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,330	$3,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	415.13/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	495.14/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,998	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	146.77/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	457.58/cwt	452.50–460.00	2,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,304	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,460	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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