Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.85/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$127.85

52 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$174

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

$19.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.07

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	143.92	777	6thin
Medium and Large 2	402	137.40	553	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	765	124.33	952	41

One grade step is worth $19.59/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale52 hd

127.85

—

MS average13 barns · 1,172 hd

149.92

−22.07

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	1,610	86.18	1,387	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,010	58.15	587	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	948	48.77	462	2thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,610	86.18/cwt	80.00–88.50	1,387	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	58.15/cwt	51.50–63.50	587	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	48.77/cwt	47.50–50.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	139.66/cwt	135.00–143.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	122.44/cwt	122.00–123.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	130.61/cwt	130.00–131.00	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	115.10/cwt	115.00–115.50	1,011	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	185	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	123.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	125.66/cwt	124.50–126.00	946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	623	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	190	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	129.19/cwt	110.00–135.00	673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	138.90/cwt	128.00–150.00	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	796	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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 332Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 41Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,610	80.00–88.50	86.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,010	51.50–63.50	58.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	47.50–50.00	48.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
1	—	360	161.00	161.00
1	—	465	146.00	146.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
1	—	705	108.00	108.00
2	—	773	110.00–111.00	110.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	135.00–143.00	139.66
2	—	345	140.00–147.00	143.50
1	—	185	142.00	142.00
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
1	—	245	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	585	122.00–123.00	122.44
5	—	477	130.00–131.00	130.61
5	—	614	117.00	117.00
6	—	428	145.50	145.50
9	—	521	110.00–135.00	129.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	101.00	101.00
1	—	545	105.00	105.00
2	—	373	120.00–126.00	123.02
1	—	190	126.00	126.00
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	151.00	151.00
1	—	705	129.50	129.50
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	137.00	137.00
1	—	510	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	138.50	138.50
20	—	878	115.00–115.50	115.10
2	—	910	110.00	110.00
2	—	497	146.00	146.00
9	—	753	124.50–126.00	125.66
2	—	435	160.00	160.00
4	—	540	128.00–150.00	138.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	130.00–131.00	130.50
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
1	—	305	145.00	145.00

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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