Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2023-10-24

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 173▼ 385 vs year ago 534 · −72.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 61▲ 29 vs year ago 10 · +290.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 20▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer/bulls and heifers sold 2-12 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 7 lower. More of a plain run of cattle today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.57/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$195.57
36 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$439
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545202.271,10211thin
Medium and Large 1509198.401,01011thin
Medium and Large 2353188.0766314thin
One grade step is worth $14.20/cwt here — about $439 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 sale36 hd
195.57
—
MS average12 barns · 1,445 hd
202.12
−6.55
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—Average1,213101.191,2283thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23288.701,09313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52382.411,2552thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98271.4570210

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)1,075$1,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,058$1,0346
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)960$8001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)790$6251thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 2—467185.04/cwt170.00–195.008643
SteersMedium and Large 1—420227.41/cwt225.00–230.009552
SteersMedium and Large 1—380227.43/cwt225.00–230.008642
SteersMedium and Large 1—790217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,7181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512196.63/cwt195.00–200.001,0073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—534200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—667200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—673224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5086
SteersMedium and Large 1—500207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1651
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3231
SteersMedium and Large 1—560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
SteersMedium and Large 2—645192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2421
SteersMedium and Large 1—655202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315205.00/cwt205.00–205.006461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418200.00/cwt200.00–200.008362
BullsMedium and Large 2—855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7102
BullsMedium and Large 2—570181.22/cwt180.00–182.501,0332
BullsMedium and Large 2—515185.00/cwt185.00–185.009532
BullsMedium and Large 2—325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2—600175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1—432209.57/cwt200.00–227.509053
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318189.19/cwt185.00–190.006026
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490195.00/cwt195.00–195.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—665187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2472
BullsMedium and Large 2—435190.00/cwt190.00–190.008271
BullsMedium and Large 2—278218.91/cwt212.50–225.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573201.27/cwt200.00–202.501,1532
BullsMedium and Large 2—234218.53/cwt210.00–220.005117
BullsMedium and Large 2—365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277185.92/cwt180.00–190.005153
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0581,033.59/head110.00–1,350.001,0346
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—960800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—790625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Bulls——1,275109.29/cwt100.00–116.001,3932
Bulls——1,09085.00/cwt85.00–85.009271
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23288.70/cwt83.00–95.001,09313
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52382.41/cwt80.00–85.001,2552
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04177.52/cwt74.00–82.008076
CowsLean 85-90%—91764.78/cwt60.00–69.005943
CowsLean 85-90%—82555.00/cwt55.00–55.004541

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.