Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2022-12-20

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
70 vs last sale 128 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
17 vs last sale 27 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a light run, feeder steers and heifers were steady to $8 higher, Slaughter market was to light tested to call a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.40/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$188.40
21 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.32
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1363204.4374115thin
Medium and Large 2428148.336346thin
One grade step is worth $56.10/cwt here — about $107 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 sale21 hd
188.40
MS average12 barns · 753 hd
178.09
+10.32
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
BullsLow1,28080.001,0241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29075.039682thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98061.005981thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1369212.00/cwt212.00–212.007824
HeifersMedium and Large 1280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004343
SteersMedium and Large 1324210.37/cwt200.00–215.006827
SteersMedium and Large 1473176.62/cwt175.00–180.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1275216.00/cwt216.00–216.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1345168.00/cwt168.00–168.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1412160.25/cwt155.00–163.006603
Bulls1,28080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29075.03/cwt73.00–77.009682
CowsLean 85-90%98061.00/cwt61.00–61.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 1486156.32/cwt148.00–158.007606
SteersMedium and Large 2515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006952
SteersMedium and Large 2480159.00/cwt157.00–161.007632
SteersMedium and Large 2288151.00/cwt151.00–151.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 1373160.46/cwt152.00–170.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 2735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007421
BullsMedium and Large 1455178.50/cwt159.00–198.008122
BullsMedium and Large 1433182.30/cwt171.00–194.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1685125.00/cwt125.00–125.008561
BullsMedium and Large 1395173.00/cwt173.00–173.006831

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.