Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed with light test. Slaughter cows sold lower 11.00 to 15.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.56/cwt on 3 head, up $31.82 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +31.38 against this barn's trailing median of $373.18.

Average price

$404.56

▲ 31.82 vs prior sale

3 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$53.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.63

vs MS average

+8.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	440.00	2,200	1thin
Medium and Large 2	515	386.84	1,992	2thin

One grade step is worth $53.16/cwt here — about $208 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

404.56

—

MS average14 barns · 295 hd

388.93

+15.63

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+8.51

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.18

+31.38

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%	Low	1,186	160.20	1,900	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	143.58	1,383	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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	893	$2,263	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	145.78/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,611	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	163.41/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,967	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	143.58/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	165	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,989	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,823	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	500.84/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	461.15/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	577.43/cwt	525.00–615.00	1,859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	469.40/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,746	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	472.50/cwt	467.50–477.50	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	358.75/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	386.84/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	482.50/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	436.99/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,927	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	430.76/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,891	8

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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