Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-09-19

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 19
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
207 vs last sale 196 55 vs year ago 348 · +15.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
14 vs last sale 65 20 vs year ago 59 · +33.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
39 vs last sale 43 3 vs year ago 1 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers, heifers and bulls sold mixed, slaughter cows sold 2-5 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Sold 1 load of steers to be picked up on farm this week1, 740lbs. at $252.5

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.41/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$224.41
166 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$491
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$30.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576229.111,31996
Medium and Large 1480221.911,06658
Medium and Large 2416198.9982812thin
One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $491 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 sale166 hd
224.41
MS average13 barns · 1,700 hd
223.63
+0.79
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
BullsAverage1,439116.891,68221
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,189101.621,20823
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50599.001,4901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01883.7585322

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)728$7302thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
SteersMedium and Large 2578206.28/cwt200.00–212.501,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 2328212.52/cwt210.00–215.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1422226.71/cwt215.00–242.5095711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615226.91/cwt224.00–236.001,39532
SteersMedium and Large 1925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
SteersMedium and Large 2435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009571
SteersMedium and Large 1477249.35/cwt240.00–265.001,1895
HeifersMedium and Large 1614212.28/cwt200.00–222.001,3034
HeifersMedium and Large 1479223.11/cwt215.00–232.501,06915
SteersMedium and Large 2623212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,3242
SteersMedium and Large 2460212.50/cwt212.50–212.509781
SteersMedium and Large 1658217.52/cwt215.00–220.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 2370240.00/cwt240.00–240.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1582229.07/cwt217.50–240.001,3333
SteersMedium and Large 1720215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635233.52/cwt205.00–254.501,48326
SteersMedium and Large 1615217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3381
SteersMedium and Large 2545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563240.48/cwt240.00–242.501,35422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6014
SteersMedium and Large 2300212.50/cwt212.50–212.506381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7942
SteersMedium and Large 1436251.09/cwt240.00–267.501,0959
BullsMedium and Large 2438200.00/cwt200.00–200.008762
BullsMedium and Large 1518212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1012
BullsMedium and Large 1414239.61/cwt232.50–250.009925
BullsMedium and Large 1471224.95/cwt220.00–235.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 1553195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1355242.50/cwt242.50–242.508611
CowsLean 85-90%1,07291.15/cwt81.00–96.0097715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4901
CowsLean 85-90%94060.00/cwt60.00–60.005642
CowsLean 85-90%88771.07/cwt63.00–75.006305
Bulls1,325126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6701
Bulls1,888130.98/cwt130.00–132.002,4732
Bulls1,105117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2931
Bulls1,303105.62/cwt90.00–117.001,3766
Bulls1,472119.63/cwt114.00–126.001,76111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189101.62/cwt95.00–107.001,20823
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2728730.00/head730.00–730.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527228.09/cwt222.00–245.001,20228
BullsMedium and Large 2468207.49/cwt205.00–210.009712
BullsMedium and Large 2570188.72/cwt184.00–192.001,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 2255210.00/cwt210.00–210.005361
BullsMedium and Large 2366226.54/cwt220.00–235.008296
BullsMedium and Large 2285220.00/cwt220.00–220.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2415212.50/cwt212.50–212.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 2485190.00/cwt190.00–190.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 1333232.32/cwt220.00–239.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,06411
HeifersMedium and Large 2515181.55/cwt170.00–195.009353
HeifersMedium and Large 2363205.23/cwt200.00–215.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1376229.95/cwt225.00–235.008657
HeifersMedium and Large 1580209.33/cwt200.00–215.001,2144
SteersMedium and Large 1516235.79/cwt220.00–245.001,21712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667229.14/cwt221.00–233.501,52818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561229.14/cwt228.00–230.001,2857
HeifersMedium and Large 2550190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 1513217.08/cwt205.00–227.501,11411
HeifersMedium and Large 1663216.39/cwt200.00–225.001,4353

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.