Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 14
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
145 vs last sale 179 455 vs year ago 489 · 93.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
40 vs last sale 14 11 vs year ago 65 · 16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
3 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last market feeders looked steady to 8 higher but really to light tested to tell, Slaughter cattle were steady to 5 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.64/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$151.64
11 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499156.797825thin
Medium and Large 2435147.356416thin
One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $141 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 sale11 hd
151.64
MS average13 barns · 1,372 hd
164.44
−12.80
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
BullsAverage1,858107.952,0065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10783.8392816
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05864.0767821

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1640146.00/cwt146.00–146.009341
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed72080.00/cwt80.00–80.005762
CowsLean 85-90%89651.65/cwt50.00–52.004636
CowsLean 85-90%1,14369.76/cwt57.00–79.0079714
Bulls1,858107.95/cwt100.00–115.002,0065
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85059.00/cwt59.00–59.005021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10783.83/cwt80.00–88.0092816
BullsMedium and Large 1465171.00/cwt171.00–171.007951
BullsMedium and Large 1555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009161
BullsMedium and Large 2358181.65/cwt180.00–185.006503
BullsMedium and Large 2310182.54/cwt180.00–185.005662
BullsMedium and Large 1520163.00/cwt163.00–163.008481
BullsMedium and Large 2415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
HeifersMedium and Large 1365166.48/cwt165.00–168.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 2422151.35/cwt150.00–152.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 2375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2485137.02/cwt135.00–139.006652
BullsMedium and Large 2523160.51/cwt160.00–161.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1785140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0991

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.