Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2020-12-15

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
305 vs last sale 495 20 vs year ago 170 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
12 vs last sale 34 4 vs year ago 26 · 15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compar3d to last week: Feeder steers sold lower 1.00 to 6.00 and feeder heifers sold lower 5.00 to 7.00. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.47/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$115.47
65 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.48
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1401120.2948320
Medium and Large 1-2496116.5057712thin
Medium and Large 2414113.2046829
Medium and Large 3410104.734304thin
One grade step is worth $15.56/cwt here — about $53 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 sale65 hd
115.47
MS average13 barns · 1,331 hd
122.95
−7.48
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
BullsAverage1,46283.651,2238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13947.345397thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90833.603052thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls1,57382.95/cwt73.00–89.501,3055
BullsLight Weight1,27884.81/cwt82.00–88.001,0843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13947.34/cwt42.50–52.505397
CowsLean 85-90%90833.60/cwt32.00–35.003052
BullsMedium and Large 1295151.00/cwt151.00–151.004451
BullsMedium and Large 1470121.00/cwt121.00–121.005691
SteersMedium and Large 1335154.98/cwt153.00–157.005193
BullsMedium and Large 1700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006162
BullsMedium and Large 1643106.50/cwt106.00–107.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 1288127.43/cwt125.00–130.003672
SteersMedium and Large 1370164.00/cwt164.00–164.006071
SteersMedium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1510122.50/cwt122.50–122.506254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,215900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,9351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533113.50/cwt113.50–113.506054
SteersMedium and Large 1453148.49/cwt147.00–150.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 1540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1230125.00/cwt125.00–125.002882
BullsMedium and Large 1332150.99/cwt150.00–152.005013
BullsMedium and Large 2380141.00/cwt141.00–141.005361
BullsMedium and Large 1365147.96/cwt145.00–151.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1372125.01/cwt124.00–126.004653
HeifersMedium and Large 1305125.00/cwt125.00–125.003811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618105.00/cwt105.00–105.006494
HeifersMedium and Large 1461116.19/cwt115.00–117.005365
BullsMedium and Large 2430127.93/cwt120.00–133.005503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added621116.00/cwt116.00–116.007209
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2336131.00/cwt131.00–131.004404
BullsMedium and Large 2220143.00/cwt143.00–143.003151
BullsMedium and Large 2490115.00/cwt115.00–115.005641
SteersMedium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 3378108.95/cwt108.00–110.004122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,052761.71/cwt600.00–850.008,0136
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1715510.00/cwt510.00–510.003,6471
SteersMedium and Large 1563133.01/cwt131.00–135.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 3465101.00/cwt101.00–101.004701
SteersMedium and Large 1505138.50/cwt135.00–142.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 2225118.00/cwt118.00–118.002661
BullsMedium and Large 3305131.00/cwt131.00–131.004001
BullsMedium and Large 3260125.00/cwt120.00–130.003253
BullsMedium and Large 3438115.09/cwt110.00–120.005042
BullsMedium and Large 3368121.00/cwt121.00–121.004452
SteersMedium and Large 3395141.00/cwt141.00–141.005571
SteersMedium and Large 2615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006461
SteersMedium and Large 2430138.50/cwt135.00–142.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 2563103.51/cwt101.00–106.005832
BullsMedium and Large 2519112.01/cwt110.00–116.005814
BullsMedium and Large 2280145.00/cwt140.00–150.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 3420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004201
BullsMedium and Large 2570107.50/cwt106.00–108.006134
HeifersMedium and Large 2468108.56/cwt105.00–111.005089
HeifersMedium and Large 2373116.12/cwt115.00–120.004336
HeifersMedium and Large 2295123.00/cwt123.00–123.003634
SteersMedium and Large 2390147.00/cwt147.00–147.005731
BullsMedium and Large 3476106.63/cwt101.00–110.005085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338155.00/cwt155.00–155.005244
SteersMedium and Large 2505126.00/cwt126.00–126.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 2625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 2425112.75/cwt111.00–115.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 2343120.50/cwt120.00–121.004132
BullsMedium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1419119.99/cwt117.00–123.005035

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.