Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-09-26

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 26
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 403▲ 317 vs year ago 16 · +1,981.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 79▲ 55 vs year ago 22 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 482 vs year ago 484 · −99.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steer/bulls sold lower 2-8, heifers sold steady to 7 lower. Slaughter cows sold lower 4-10, slaughter bulls sold lower 3-6.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.49/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$214.49
113 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476217.571,03537
Medium and Large 1-2500216.341,08163
Medium and Large 2462196.7390813thin
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale113 hd
214.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,509 hd
218.60
−4.11
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,526112.951,7245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26089.391,12713
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01473.3974447

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$9001thin

Every lot, as filed

63 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—727200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,12610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340215.00/cwt215.00–215.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—230225.00/cwt225.00–225.005183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474219.82/cwt215.00–225.001,04231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372228.55/cwt220.00–242.508509
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563206.69/cwt200.00–217.501,1643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420220.67/cwt215.00–230.009273
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523215.32/cwt207.50–227.501,1269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—566210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1897
SteersMedium and Large 2—370202.50/cwt202.50–202.507491
SteersMedium and Large 2—325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007642
SteersMedium and Large 1—513232.39/cwt225.00–240.001,1922
SteersMedium and Large 1—358259.65/cwt257.50–262.509303
SteersMedium and Large 1—583222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,2972
SteersMedium and Large 1—668216.16/cwt215.00–217.501,4443
SteersMedium and Large 1—430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0321
SteersMedium and Large 1—478242.19/cwt230.00–250.001,15811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—632224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—393261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—499250.29/cwt246.00–251.001,24928
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—588222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3056
SteersMedium and Large 1—333260.85/cwt257.00–265.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1—373237.49/cwt232.50–240.008863
BullsMedium and Large 1—403220.05/cwt212.50–227.508872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—581202.70/cwt200.00–206.001,17811
BullsMedium and Large 1—285242.50/cwt242.50–242.506911
BullsMedium and Large 1—200240.00/cwt240.00–240.004801
BullsMedium and Large 1—470215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0111
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04771.46/cwt69.00–77.0074821
CowsLean 85-90%—96564.28/cwt62.00–66.006208
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—81361.34/cwt60.00–62.004993
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—71572.00/cwt72.00–72.005151
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22989.82/cwt88.00–92.001,10411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43387.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2472
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05684.16/cwt79.00–89.0088914
Bulls——1,510114.69/cwt110.00–118.001,7324
Bulls——1,590106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04588.00/cwt88.00–88.009201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950900.00/head900.00–900.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2—330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2—495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2—640190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2161
BullsMedium and Large 2—290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—518211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0936
BullsMedium and Large 2—690180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525190.00/cwt190.00–190.009981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2—365200.00/cwt200.00–200.007301
BullsMedium and Large 1—323248.40/cwt245.00–250.008023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—447220.00/cwt220.00–220.009839
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—461230.91/cwt220.00–245.001,0647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467220.39/cwt215.00–225.001,0296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614206.43/cwt200.00–215.001,2674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430226.00/cwt226.00–226.009725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—638200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285220.00/cwt220.00–220.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350215.00/cwt215.00–215.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1—308222.56/cwt220.00–225.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568191.24/cwt190.00–192.501,0862
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425188.76/cwt185.00–190.008024

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.