Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2022-03-08

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
263 vs last sale 317 278 vs year ago 332 · 83.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
21 vs last sale 42 20 vs year ago 41 · 48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, much smaller run steer and heifer calves looked unevenly steady, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Quality was lower than normal.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.86/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$130.86
9 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.05
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1378142.485393thin
Medium and Large 2402125.055036thin
One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $36 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 sale9 hd
130.86
MS average13 barns · 889 hd
140.91
−10.05
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
BullsAverage1,588103.941,6515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27280.081,0197thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40068.509591thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98267.6966521

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1345176.00/cwt176.00–176.006071
BullsMedium and Large 2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
BullsMedium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 2290125.00/cwt125.00–125.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 1378142.48/cwt139.00–149.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2243136.29/cwt132.50–140.003312
HeifersMedium and Large 2525116.37/cwt112.00–121.006112
SteersMedium and Large 1370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
SteersMedium and Large 2760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
SteersMedium and Large 1405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007091
Bulls1,588103.94/cwt90.00–112.001,6515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27280.08/cwt75.50–85.001,0197
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40068.50/cwt68.50–68.509591
CowsLean 85-90%99268.22/cwt63.00–74.0067720
CowsLean 85-90%78057.00/cwt57.00–57.004451

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.