Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-04-11

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
310 vs last sale 404 227 vs year ago 321 · 70.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
21 vs last sale 22 17 vs year ago 60 · 28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
84 vs last sale 16 20 vs year ago 80 · +25.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders to call a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.84/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$182.84
31 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.04
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2369197.007274thin
Medium and Large 1454193.118789thin
Medium and Large 2397174.5669318thin
One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $34 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 sale31 hd
182.84
MS average13 barns · 1,126 hd
194.89
−12.04
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
BullsAverage1,497107.751,6137thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24195.691,18813
CowsLean 85-90%Average97274.547255thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,108$1,5654thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,330$1,4756
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,260$1,4259
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,234$1,3897
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)999$1,3584thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,360$2,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,510$2,0254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,437$1,9279
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,378$1,85131

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2790129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0191
BullsMedium and Large 2810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009721
HeifersMedium and Large 2410177.35/cwt165.00–190.007272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369197.00/cwt197.00–197.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 2290190.00/cwt190.00–190.005511
BullsMedium and Large 2715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009651
BullsMedium and Large 1325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007481
BullsMedium and Large 2565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 2369175.36/cwt160.00–190.006474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425210.00/cwt210.00–210.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460206.00/cwt206.00–206.009482
SteersMedium 2430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 1400199.00/cwt199.00–199.007961
HeifersMedium and Large 1544185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0065
HeifersMedium and Large 1365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2590132.00/cwt132.00–132.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 2217201.70/cwt194.00–214.004383
HeifersMedium and Large 2330177.15/cwt167.00–187.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 2613147.04/cwt144.00–150.009012
BullsMedium and Large 2650153.00/cwt153.00–153.009951
BullsMedium and Large 2473173.22/cwt164.00–190.008194
BullsMedium and Large 2925114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0551
BullsMedium and Large 1605171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0351
BullsMedium and Large 1530215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1401
BullsMedium and Large 1417229.33/cwt220.00–236.009563
CowsLean 85-90%1,01081.93/cwt65.00–90.008274
Bulls1,37580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1001
Bulls1,517112.38/cwt101.00–125.001,7056
CowsLean 85-90%82045.00/cwt45.00–45.003691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,125100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25195.33/cwt80.00–103.001,19312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4259
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29991,358.29/head1,300.00–1,375.001,3584
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4902,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1091,669.22/head1,525.00–1,825.001,6699
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,5102,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1081,564.79/head1,525.00–1,600.001,5654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5102,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0254
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2965101.00/cwt101.00–101.009753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,223101.83/cwt96.00–107.001,2452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2341,388.67/head1,200.00–1,450.001,3897
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3631,940.40/head1,525.00–2,025.001,9406
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4831,858.80/head1,700.00–2,025.001,85915
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3602,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1285204.00/cwt204.00–204.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 2477170.17/cwt160.00–180.008123
HeifersMedium and Large 1320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1163

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.