Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-01-17

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
470 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 182▲ 293 vs year ago 177 · +165.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 35▲ 70 vs year ago 11 · +636.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 2▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $3-9 higher, Heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Sold 1 load of heifers to be picked up on farm weighing 860lbs. @ $152.25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.49/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$157.49
130 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.02
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494160.84794100
Medium and Large 1485149.4172423
Medium and Large 2406136.275537thin
One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about $241 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 sale130 hd
157.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,436 hd
154.47
+3.02
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—Average1,63394.001,5352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18376.5190526
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61357.139226thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93550.4647234

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2—382166.87/cwt141.00–175.0063721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—723166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,20426
SteersMedium and Large 2—405170.77/cwt155.00–187.506923
SteersMedium and Large 2—525151.54/cwt140.00–164.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—639150.00/cwt150.00–150.0095910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480164.45/cwt157.00–170.0078933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—330205.00/cwt205.00–205.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—432199.13/cwt192.00–205.0086014
SteersMedium and Large 1—555191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0601
SteersMedium and Large 1—334200.06/cwt195.00–203.006684
SteersMedium and Large 1—528182.68/cwt170.00–199.009653
SteersMedium and Large 1—380182.13/cwt162.00–195.006923
SteersMedium and Large 2—460180.00/cwt180.00–180.008281
SteersMedium and Large 2—570144.87/cwt140.00–150.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—398197.00/cwt197.00–197.007844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—562196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,10212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—514199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0239
SteersMedium and Large 2—355188.00/cwt188.00–188.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—610174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486203.00/cwt203.00–203.009874
BullsMedium and Large 2—450164.50/cwt162.00–167.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2—405168.00/cwt168.00–168.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1—413181.90/cwt174.00–190.007513
BullsMedium and Large 1—475170.00/cwt170.00–170.008081
BullsMedium and Large 1—530145.00/cwt145.00–145.007691
BullsMedium and Large 1—357193.18/cwt180.00–200.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278139.95/cwt135.00–145.003892
SteersMedium and Large 1—471189.12/cwt181.00–195.008915
SteersMedium and Large 1—715150.82/cwt138.00–164.001,0782
SteersMedium and Large 1—423187.73/cwt185.00–190.007946
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468146.64/cwt138.00–155.006863
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335144.00/cwt144.00–144.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—438157.14/cwt155.00–158.0068814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422151.84/cwt140.00–160.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524160.64/cwt160.00–165.0084215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516150.25/cwt139.00–159.0077513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—733149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385150.22/cwt136.00–164.005783
BullsMedium and Large 2—500148.00/cwt148.00–148.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445129.00/cwt129.00–129.005741
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0321
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—82587.00/cwt87.00–87.007181
Bulls——1,735103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7871
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18376.51/cwt64.00–86.0090526
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61357.13/cwt55.00–69.009226
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00163.18/cwt50.00–75.0063218
Bulls——1,53085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3011
CowsLean 85-90%—88539.86/cwt31.00–50.0035311
CowsLean 85-90%—80728.00/cwt28.00–28.002265

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.