Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2022-11-15

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 15
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 158▼ 78 vs year ago 266 · −29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 53▼ 2 vs year ago 37 · −5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 26▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were 3-8 higher, heifers wer higher 2-10, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.02/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$138.02
70 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.20
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398144.7057627
Medium and Large 1-2571139.7279830
Medium and Large 2471120.2256713thin
One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $10 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 sale70 hd
138.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,636 hd
147.22
−9.20
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—Average1,67289.361,4943thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20367.5481312
CowsLean 85-90%Average99847.994799thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,094$1,0147
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$9755
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$5851thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)820$5501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)674$4004thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
CowsLean 85-90%—93456.99/cwt52.00–60.005325
Bulls——1,67289.36/cwt82.00–95.001,4943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—790585.00/head585.00–585.005851
BullsMedium 1—505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
BullsMedium and Large 1—570134.00/cwt134.00–134.007641
BullsMedium and Large 1—710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1—428173.77/cwt166.00–182.007442
BullsMedium and Large 1—245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
BullsMedium and Large 1—662131.38/cwt124.00–140.008703
SteersMedium and Large 2—545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—534171.00/cwt171.00–171.009134
SteersMedium and Large 1—695157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0911
SteersMedium and Large 1—508178.70/cwt174.00–184.009083
SteersMedium and Large 1—323196.89/cwt190.00–201.006365
SteersMedium and Large 1—467180.77/cwt170.00–186.008445
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523135.90/cwt130.00–148.007113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009022
SteersMedium and Large 1—295190.00/cwt190.00–190.005611
SteersMedium and Large 1—590167.00/cwt167.00–167.009851
SteersMedium and Large 2—415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
SteersMedium and Large 1—362185.94/cwt180.00–190.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—260125.00/cwt125.00–125.003251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469143.78/cwt140.00–148.006744
SteersMedium and Large 1—640163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—651160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673125.39/cwt121.00–131.008447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—387150.00/cwt150.00–150.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—266151.48/cwt148.00–156.004035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—324148.59/cwt138.00–158.004815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573146.00/cwt146.00–146.008376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368119.71/cwt110.00–125.004413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567119.96/cwt112.00–128.006806
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—509146.00/cwt146.00–146.007439
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—357148.80/cwt138.00–156.005313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—665118.00/cwt118.00–118.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414145.85/cwt140.00–155.006045
BullsMedium and Large 1—755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
BullsMedium and Large 1—463144.92/cwt142.00–148.006712
BullsMedium and Large 1—275191.22/cwt185.00–197.005262
BullsMedium and Large 1—363186.20/cwt181.00–195.006763
BullsMedium and Large 1—325193.69/cwt187.50–199.006294
BullsMedium and Large 2—330167.50/cwt167.50–167.505531
BullsMedium and Large 2—395148.00/cwt148.00–148.005851
BullsMedium and Large 3—390110.00/cwt110.00–110.004291
BullsMedium and Large 2—520127.52/cwt125.00–130.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2—431145.48/cwt125.00–178.006274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—820550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085975.00/head975.00–975.009755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—674400.00/head400.00–400.004004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—960750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1291,087.64/head900.00–1,125.001,0886
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—885575.00/head575.00–575.005751
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18965.95/cwt60.00–70.0078410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27375.51/cwt75.00–76.009612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07557.00/cwt57.00–57.006131
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07829.98/cwt28.00–33.003233

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.