Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-09-12

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 12
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 154▼ 74 vs year ago 270 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 25▲ 33 vs year ago 32 · +103.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 2▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers/bulls sold 5-12 higher, Heifers sold 3-9 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-7 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.48/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$219.48
48 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$43.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483236.421,14219thin
Medium and Large 1481216.611,04219thin
Medium and Large 2474192.7691410thin
One grade step is worth $43.66/cwt here — about $227 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 sale48 hd
219.48
—
MS average13 barns · 1,260 hd
217.68
+1.80
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
Bulls—High1,572122.611,92811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,075108.331,16512
CowsLean 85-90%Low92786.7280430

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)1,033$1,2689
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,168$1,6108
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,2673thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)977$92512

Every lot, as filed

58 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—528235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,24110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—255201.25/cwt200.00–202.505132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565210.66/cwt200.00–220.001,1904
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395205.00/cwt205.00–205.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0731
SteersMedium and Large 2—580215.00/cwt210.00–220.001,2472
SteersMedium and Large 1—575240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3801
SteersMedium and Large 1—415255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0581
SteersMedium and Large 1—378247.02/cwt245.00–250.009343
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423221.40/cwt212.50–227.509374
SteersMedium and Large 1—683220.51/cwt220.00–221.001,5062
SteersMedium and Large 1—623234.86/cwt230.00–240.001,4632
SteersMedium and Large 2—463222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 2—405220.00/cwt220.00–220.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378235.07/cwt225.00–245.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2601
SteersMedium 1—655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—487270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3807
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—514262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3497
SteersMedium and Large 1—517248.08/cwt230.00–267.501,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1—458262.45/cwt257.50–267.501,2024
BullsMedium and Large 1—420240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1—365240.00/cwt240.00–240.008761
BullsMedium and Large 1—465242.42/cwt240.00–245.001,1272
BullsMedium and Large 1—535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—577210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2126
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—653198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2935
CowsLean 85-90%—94177.30/cwt70.00–82.007279
CowsLean 85-90%—95398.00/cwt98.00–98.009346
Bulls——1,858131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,4342
Bulls——1,509120.74/cwt114.00–126.001,8229
CowsLean 85-90%—92289.13/cwt82.00–98.0082214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,053112.33/cwt109.00–114.001,1835
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,091105.48/cwt100.00–110.001,1517
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—71570.00/cwt70.00–70.005011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—977925.00/head925.00–925.0092512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0331,268.31/head1,100.00–1,425.001,2689
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0901,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,025105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0761
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1581,603.72/head1,275.00–1,750.001,6047
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2651,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0481,101.19/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480208.76/cwt207.50–210.001,0022
BullsMedium and Large 2—264239.36/cwt235.00–242.506324
BullsMedium and Large 2—422215.23/cwt210.00–225.009087
BullsMedium and Large 1—605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
BullsMedium and Large 2—473205.08/cwt200.00–210.009702
BullsMedium and Large 2—320229.77/cwt212.50–245.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—433238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0319
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625196.05/cwt190.00–202.501,2252
BullsMedium and Large 2—374230.02/cwt222.50–240.008607
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628191.64/cwt187.50–200.001,2033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475185.11/cwt180.00–190.008792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335236.67/cwt232.50–245.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425190.00/cwt190.00–190.008081

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.