Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower and feeder heifers sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was good. *Next week there will be a herd sell out consisting of 20 bred heifers and 20 middle age bred cows*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.12/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$127.12

30 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.47

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	129.00	680	4thin
Medium and Large 1	461	128.59	593	16thin
Medium and Large 2	417	124.47	519	9thin
Medium and Large 3	305	120.00	366	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $314 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 sale30 hd

127.12

—

MS average13 barns · 1,110 hd

129.60

−2.47

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	1,880	90.50	1,701	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,144	51.87	593	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	33.14	307	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	295	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	161.35/cwt	159.00–164.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	126.81/cwt	120.00–131.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	127.93/cwt	125.00–131.00	615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	559	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	33.14/cwt	30.50–35.50	307	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	153.57/cwt	151.00–156.00	419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	468	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,701	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	47.56/cwt	45.00–50.00	510	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.

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

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Jan 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	166.00	166.00
1	—	330	159.00	159.00
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
1	—	435	145.00	145.00
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
1	—	520	137.00	137.00
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	142.00	142.00
2	—	273	151.00–156.00	153.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	140.00–141.00	140.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	158.00	158.00
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	141.00	141.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	166.00	166.00
2	—	325	159.00–164.00	161.35
2	—	465	150.00	150.00
2	—	540	145.00	145.00
1	—	365	157.00	157.00
2	—	645	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	105.00	105.00
2	—	325	130.00–135.00	132.50
4	—	384	120.00–131.00	126.81
1	—	420	133.00	133.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	135.00–136.00	135.33
8	—	481	125.00–131.00	127.93
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
1	—	595	121.00	121.00
3	—	313	135.00–136.00	135.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	30.50–35.50	33.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	60.50	60.50
2	—	1,073	45.00–50.00	47.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	90.50	90.50

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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