Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: It was a light run but all classes looked mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.96/cwt on 6 head, down $3.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −18.09 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$354.96

▼ 3.16 vs prior sale

6 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.75

vs MS average

−49.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	354.96	1,884	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.24, low $349.22, median $373.06 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 sale6 hd

354.96

—

MS average14 barns · 213 hd

379.71

−24.75

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−49.80

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−18.09

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	1,078	182.26	1,965	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	160.00	1,512	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

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%	—	1,078	182.26/cwt	178.00–187.00	1,965	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	444.48/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	394.88/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	401.64/cwt	370.00–435.00	2,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	357.44/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	363.10/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	315.03/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	467.66/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	259	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	477.33/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	321.23/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,322	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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Jun 2, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 107Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 14Year ago 0

Compared to the last sale: It was a light run but all classes looked mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	178.00–187.00	182.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	160.00	160.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	405	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	478	425.00–465.00	444.48
2	500–550	523	390.00–400.00	394.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	650.00	650.00
1	250–300	255	630.00	630.00
1	300–350	300	585.00	585.00
2	400–450	435	470.00–485.00	477.33
2	450–500	465	460.00–475.00	467.66
2	550–600	570	370.00–435.00	401.64
1	700–750	740	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	785	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	590	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	259	610.00	610.00
2	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
3	900–950	903	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
4	500–550	511	340.00–385.00	357.44
2	550–600	570	340.00–360.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	377.50	377.50
2	700–750	720	320.00–322.50	321.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	340.00–385.00	363.10
2	350–400	378	310.00–320.00	315.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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