Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2021-09-28

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 28
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 355▼ 160 vs year ago 383 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 39▼ 4 vs year ago 41 · −9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 20▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared tolast weeks auction feeder steers and heifers were lower 2-7 *Weaned calves with shots were steady-3 lower*; slaughter cows and bulls were lower 3-5. *

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.57/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$127.57
80 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$22.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.60
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2416132.4155148
Medium and Large 1527123.5965119thin
Medium and Large 2348115.9740412thin
Medium 2255110.002811thin
One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $271 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 sale80 hd
127.57
—
MS average13 barns · 1,187 hd
122.97
+4.60
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—Low98571.507041thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30556.007311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25953.8567814
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15345.5552513

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—665131.00/cwt130.00–132.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473129.91/cwt120.00–131.5061414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—577128.00/cwt128.00–128.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—603129.00/cwt129.00–129.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380128.12/cwt125.00–133.004873
SteersMedium and Large 2—435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—658135.50/cwt135.50–135.508924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420127.00/cwt121.00–133.005332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—227131.00/cwt131.00–131.002973
SteersMedium and Large 2—380142.00/cwt142.00–142.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1—490147.51/cwt147.00–148.007232
SteersMedium and Large 1—537140.71/cwt132.00–146.007563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—256145.00/cwt145.00–145.003716
HeifersMedium 2—255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688114.93/cwt109.00–121.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003982
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—519145.08/cwt144.00–147.007538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—210169.00/cwt169.00–169.003554
SteersMedium and Large 1—600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2—270149.00/cwt149.00–149.004021
SteersMedium and Large 2—215134.80/cwt120.00–143.002903
BullsMedium and Large 2—500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
BullsMedium and Large 1—510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006171
BullsMedium and Large 1—415126.63/cwt124.00–130.005263
BullsMedium and Large 1—470128.95/cwt126.00–131.006063
BullsMedium and Large 1—330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1—375138.95/cwt138.00–140.005212
CowsLean 85-90%—92030.00/cwt30.00–30.002761
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25953.85/cwt49.50–58.5067814
Bulls——98571.50/cwt71.50–71.507041
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17246.85/cwt40.00–53.0054912
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30556.00/cwt56.00–56.007311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,6841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,358905.30/cwt900.00–910.0012,2942
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385110.56/cwt106.00–115.004262
BullsMedium and Large 1—550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2—435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005481
BullsMedium and Large 2—326135.31/cwt132.00–139.004414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—363140.00/cwt140.00–140.005084
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—245156.00/cwt156.00–156.003822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336119.00/cwt116.00–120.004004
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
BullsMedium and Large 2—468115.46/cwt110.00–124.005403
BullsMedium and Large 2—370130.50/cwt121.00–140.004833
BullsMedium and Large 2—262144.00/cwt144.00–144.003774
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283118.39/cwt109.00–125.003354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420111.00/cwt111.00–111.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605124.00/cwt116.00–132.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—326123.00/cwt123.00–123.004015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558122.46/cwt114.00–131.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524124.30/cwt116.00–131.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527129.50/cwt129.50–129.506826
SteersMedium and Large 1—553137.35/cwt131.00–143.007603

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.