Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were unevenly steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Really nice bred cows here today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.35/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$130.35

32 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

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

$10.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.09

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	515	135.37	696	14thin
Medium and Large 2	591	128.94	762	8thin
Medium and Large 1	610	124.44	759	10thin

One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale32 hd

130.35

—

MS average7 barns · 364 hd

131.43

−1.09

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,100	100.93	1,110	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	66.27	720	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	53.50	685	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	144.50/cwt	136.00–151.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	148.28/cwt	145.00–152.00	755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	919	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	131.22/cwt	130.00–132.50	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	771	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	134.24/cwt	132.50–135.00	623	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	766	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	132.34/cwt	127.00–135.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	632	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	14,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,776	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	1,213.16/cwt	1,030.00–1,320.00	14,509	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,280.00/cwt	1,280.00–1,280.00	15,744	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,518	11
Bulls	—	—	820	105.15/cwt	100.00–110.00	862	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	66.27/cwt	62.50–68.00	720	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	685	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 Aug 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 308Year ago 240

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 50Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 0Year ago 35

Compared to last week steers and heifers were unevenly steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Really nice bred cows here today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
1	—	475	138.00	138.00
2	—	543	133.00–134.00	133.50
3	—	433	136.00–151.00	144.50
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
3	—	567	127.00–135.00	132.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	433	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	155.00	155.00
4	—	509	145.00–152.00	148.28
1	—	680	135.00	135.00
1	—	590	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	623	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	130.00–132.50	131.22
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	330	136.00	136.00
1	—	420	136.00	136.00
2	—	920	105.00	105.00
2	—	528	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	104.00	104.00
7	—	578	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	136.50	136.50
7	—	464	132.50–135.00	134.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,120	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,196	1,030.00–1,320.00	1,213.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,230	1,280.00	1,280.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	970	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	100.00–110.00	105.15
1	—	1,660	92.50	92.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	62.50–68.00	66.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	53.50	53.50

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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Winona Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle