Name: Johnson Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers, heifers and bull sold calves sold unevenly steady, slaughter cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.78/cwt on 3 head, up $0.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −58.63 against this barn's trailing median of $418.41.

Average price

$359.78

▲ 0.06 vs prior sale

3 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

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

$74.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.10

vs MS average

−27.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	384.67	2,166	2thin
Medium and Large 2	550	310.00	1,705	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.67/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale3 hd

359.78

—

MS average10 barns · 270 hd

368.88

−9.10

National average75 barns · 3,130 hd

387.75

−27.97

This barn, trailing median7 sales

418.41

−58.63

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	1,125	162.97	1,833	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	147.34	1,596	6thin

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)	1,310	$3,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,385	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,330	$4,500	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	915	$2,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	384.67/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	510.58/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	489.93/cwt	450.00–535.00	1,827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	155	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	349.71/cwt	325.00–375.00	2,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	338.69/cwt	325.00–352.50	2,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	306.81/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	311.31/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	379.82/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	370.16/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	412.86/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,788	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	528.13/cwt	524.00–542.50	1,775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,211	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	384.14/cwt	370.00–400.00	837	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,058	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	148.21/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,707	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	162.97/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,833	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.

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