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
Bulls—Average1,439116.891,68221
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 2—578206.28/cwt200.00–212.501,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328212.52/cwt210.00–215.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422226.71/cwt215.00–242.5095711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615226.91/cwt224.00–236.001,39532
SteersMedium and Large 1—925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1—300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
SteersMedium and Large 2—435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009571
SteersMedium and Large 1—477249.35/cwt240.00–265.001,1895
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614212.28/cwt200.00–222.001,3034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479223.11/cwt215.00–232.501,06915
SteersMedium and Large 2—623212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,3242
SteersMedium and Large 2—460212.50/cwt212.50–212.509781
SteersMedium and Large 1—658217.52/cwt215.00–220.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 2—370240.00/cwt240.00–240.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1—582229.07/cwt217.50–240.001,3333
SteersMedium and Large 1—720215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635233.52/cwt205.00–254.501,48326
SteersMedium and Large 1—615217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3381
SteersMedium and Large 2—545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563240.48/cwt240.00–242.501,35422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—667240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6014
SteersMedium and Large 2—300212.50/cwt212.50–212.506381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7942
SteersMedium and Large 1—436251.09/cwt240.00–267.501,0959
BullsMedium and Large 2—438200.00/cwt200.00–200.008762
BullsMedium and Large 1—518212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1012
BullsMedium and Large 1—414239.61/cwt232.50–250.009925
BullsMedium and Large 1—471224.95/cwt220.00–235.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 1—553195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1—355242.50/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
Bulls——1,325126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6701
Bulls——1,888130.98/cwt130.00–132.002,4732
Bulls——1,105117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2931
Bulls——1,303105.62/cwt90.00–117.001,3766
Bulls——1,472119.63/cwt114.00–126.001,76111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,189101.62/cwt95.00–107.001,20823
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—728730.00/head730.00–730.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527228.09/cwt222.00–245.001,20228
BullsMedium and Large 2—468207.49/cwt205.00–210.009712
BullsMedium and Large 2—570188.72/cwt184.00–192.001,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—255210.00/cwt210.00–210.005361
BullsMedium and Large 2—366226.54/cwt220.00–235.008296
BullsMedium and Large 2—285220.00/cwt220.00–220.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415212.50/cwt212.50–212.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485190.00/cwt190.00–190.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333232.32/cwt220.00–239.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—447238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,06411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515181.55/cwt170.00–195.009353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363205.23/cwt200.00–215.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376229.95/cwt225.00–235.008657
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580209.33/cwt200.00–215.001,2144
SteersMedium and Large 1—516235.79/cwt220.00–245.001,21712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667229.14/cwt221.00–233.501,52818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561229.14/cwt228.00–230.001,2857
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513217.08/cwt205.00–227.501,11411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663216.39/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.