Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2020-11-03

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 3
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 170▼ 289 vs year ago 366 · −79.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 34▼ 22 vs year ago 56 · −39.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a small run with not enough to call a true market but feeders looked a little higher: Slaughter cows and bulls looked mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.95/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$120.95
26 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.04
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446122.2254522
Medium and Large 2394114.004494thin
One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $96 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 sale26 hd
120.95
—
MS average12 barns · 532 hd
115.91
+5.04
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—Average1,63078.001,2711thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12448.7054717
CowsLean 85-90%Average92435.8333111

Every lot, as filed

36 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
BullsMedium and Large 1—280151.00/cwt151.00–151.004231
BullsMedium and Large 1—415123.93/cwt121.00–127.005142
BullsMedium and Large 1—493116.30/cwt101.00–127.005733
BullsMedium and Large 1—60996.49/cwt94.00–100.005884
BullsMedium and Large 1—514108.18/cwt101.00–116.005565
SteersMedium and Large 1—395146.00/cwt146.00–146.005771
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415119.93/cwt118.00–122.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—277127.72/cwt126.00–131.003543
HeifersMedium and Large 1—60096.00/cwt96.00–96.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—84081.00/cwt81.00–81.006801
SteersMedium and Large 1—473130.95/cwt128.00–134.006192
SteersMedium and Large 1—418142.22/cwt138.00–148.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240124.00/cwt124.00–124.002981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310111.00/cwt111.00–111.003441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514108.48/cwt107.00–110.005584
BullsMedium and Large 1—328144.03/cwt136.00–154.004726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465109.75/cwt108.00–111.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340123.00/cwt123.00–123.004181
BullsMedium and Large 2—520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
SteersMedium and Large 2—830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
SteersMedium and Large 1—825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725122.50/cwt122.50–122.5088812
BullsMedium and Large 2—280141.00/cwt141.00–141.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—53592.00/cwt92.00–92.004921
SteersMedium and Large 2—653110.00/cwt110.00–110.007183
SteersMedium and Large 2—315126.00/cwt126.00–126.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
BullsMedium and Large 2—305110.00/cwt110.00–110.003361
BullsMedium and Large 2—470105.00/cwt105.00–105.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72088.00/cwt88.00–88.006341
Bulls——1,63078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12448.70/cwt43.00–53.5054717
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—80531.50/cwt31.50–31.502541
CowsLean 85-90%—93636.26/cwt30.00–42.5033910

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.