Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-01-31

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 31
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 172▲ 67 vs year ago 112 · +59.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 83▲ 4 vs year ago 10 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls were steady to $4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.20/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$153.20
73 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$26.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.35
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2370175.006481thin
Medium and Large 1-2758153.481,16364
Medium and Large 1496148.227358thin
One grade step is worth $26.78/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale73 hd
153.20
—
MS average12 barns · 836 hd
159.55
−6.35
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—Average1,82598.001,7891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10377.918596thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89854.504892thin

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)1,240$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)745$7251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)710$6001thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1—340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
BullsMedium and Large 1—350186.00/cwt186.00–186.006511
BullsMedium and Large 1—720158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520160.00/cwt160.00–160.008322
BullsMedium and Large 2—480151.57/cwt148.00–155.007282
BullsMedium and Large 2—555156.00/cwt156.00–156.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660148.50/cwt148.00–149.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—620188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—808169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,36612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—885165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,46747
SteersMedium and Large 2—575153.00/cwt153.00–153.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—678157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0646
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476146.00/cwt146.00–146.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—828153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,26749
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428150.11/cwt141.00–160.006422
BullsMedium and Large 1—468182.37/cwt179.00–186.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1—421186.87/cwt180.00–196.007874
BullsMedium and Large 2—280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
BullsMedium and Large 2—330180.45/cwt170.00–190.005952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—430186.00/cwt186.00–186.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345145.00/cwt140.00–150.005002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—468178.00/cwt178.00–178.008332
BullsMedium and Large 2—510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—828157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,3044
BullsMedium and Large 2—395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
BullsMedium and Large 2—413162.96/cwt156.00–170.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2401,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—710600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—745725.00/head725.00–725.007251
CowsLean 85-90%—74057.00/cwt57.00–57.004221
Bulls——1,82598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,7891
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05552.00/cwt52.00–52.005491
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10377.91/cwt70.00–84.008596

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.