Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-05-16

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 16
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
25 vs last sale 135 265 vs year ago 425 · 62.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 30 35 vs year ago 75 · 46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
22 vs last sale 12 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compard to last week steers, heifers and bull calves sold steady to 7 higher. slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.48/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$186.48
56 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.75
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389205.3779915thin
Medium and Large 1-2575181.221,04231
Medium and Large 2432174.4475410thin
One grade step is worth $30.93/cwt here — about $46 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 sale56 hd
186.48
MS average13 barns · 1,151 hd
199.22
−12.75
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
BullsAverage1,190110.001,3091thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10193.101,02521
CowsLean 85-90%Average99079.3878610

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,24713
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$1,2252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$1,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1725166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2041
BullsMedium and Large 1433192.46/cwt185.00–200.008332
BullsMedium and Large 1319229.02/cwt225.00–231.007314
BullsMedium and Large 2273219.68/cwt215.00–225.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2320210.00/cwt210.00–210.006722
BullsMedium and Large 2378190.46/cwt180.00–200.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1820167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3691
SteersMedium and Large 2488186.53/cwt180.00–193.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 1270212.04/cwt210.00–214.005733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570223.31/cwt223.00–224.001,27316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0426
SteersMedium and Large 2230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
SteersMedium and Large 2330176.00/cwt176.00–176.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1468227.95/cwt226.00–230.001,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3816
SteersMedium and Large 2385216.00/cwt216.00–216.008321
SteersMedium and Large 2640189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 2745169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,2631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434207.00/cwt207.00–207.008984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465209.37/cwt209.00–210.0097413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653146.00/cwt146.00–146.009534
CowsLean 85-90%1,00781.53/cwt78.00–88.008219
CowsLean 85-90%83560.00/cwt60.00–60.005011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10193.10/cwt84.00–99.001,02521
Bulls1,190110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3091
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2926105.00/cwt105.00–105.009729
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04196.13/cwt88.00–102.001,0019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3051,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,246.80/head1,225.00–1,300.001,24713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29351,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 1525189.62/cwt180.00–200.009962
HeifersMedium and Large 2430187.03/cwt184.00–190.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1360202.04/cwt200.00–205.007273
HeifersMedium and Large 2640157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0051
HeifersMedium and Large 2565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2872120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0466
HeifersMedium and Large 1427210.04/cwt208.00–212.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1330212.03/cwt210.00–214.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 2355168.36/cwt150.00–180.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 2475174.14/cwt163.00–186.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 2240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
BullsMedium and Large 2220225.00/cwt225.00–225.004951
SteersMedium and Large 1535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
SteersMedium and Large 1385225.00/cwt225.00–225.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 1478202.46/cwt201.00–204.009682

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.