Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked mostly steady. Sold 1 load of heifers on the board, 810lbs $325.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.77/cwt on 17 head, down $63.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −12.64 against this barn's trailing median of $418.41.

Average price

$405.77

▼ 63.95 vs prior sale

17 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$28.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.05

vs MS average

−47.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	413.30	2,273	10thin
Medium and Large 1	548	396.69	2,172	6thin
Medium and Large 2	510	385.00	1,964	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.30/cwt here — about $310 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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.72, low $359.72, median $418.41 across 7 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 sale17 hd

405.77

—

MS average13 barns · 385 hd

435.82

−30.05

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−47.95

This barn, trailing median7 sales

418.41

−12.64

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	1,468	201.60	2,959	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	152.33	1,712	3thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,250	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$2,200	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	948	$1,825	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,061	2
Bulls	—	—	1,468	201.60/cwt	200.00–203.00	2,959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,819	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	408.11/cwt	375.00–445.00	1,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,280	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,342	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	1,825.20/head	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,825	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	400.06/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	393.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	408.77/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	427.67/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	440.69/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,319	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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