Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last fedders sold mixed. slaughter cows sold steady to higher, slaughter bulls were higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.09/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −131.96 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$241.09

10 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs MS average

−30.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	242.88	1,297	9thin
Medium and Large 2	565	225.00	1,271	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $397.24, low $349.22, median $373.06 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

241.09

—

MS average11 barns · 206 hd

241.63

−0.54

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−30.82

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−131.96

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,700	151.00	2,567	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	113.98	1,234	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	790	65.00	514	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,875	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	985	$1,575	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$1,550	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,185	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	247.41/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,289	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	347.22/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	928	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	263.60/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,255	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	272.50/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	227.02/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,317	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	858	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,567	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	514	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	113.98/cwt	105.00–123.00	1,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	229.96/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,099	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	292.55/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,141	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	259.41/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,201	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	290.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,398	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	275.01/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,493	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	290.03/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,093	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,584	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	247.50/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,271	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	798	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,560	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	312.31/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	3

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Tue Mar 5, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 354Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 22Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 4Year ago 14

Compared to last fedders sold mixed. slaughter cows sold steady to higher, slaughter bulls were higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	412	340.00	340.00
8	450–500	467	305.00–320.00	312.31
10	500–550	515	307.50	307.50
3	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	465	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	575	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	310.00	310.00
1	250–300	250	282.50	282.50
3	350–400	390	285.00–297.50	292.55
2	400–450	415	270.00–275.00	272.50
4	450–500	463	255.00–265.00	259.41
7	500–550	521	240.00–255.00	247.41
2	550–600	580	225.00–229.00	227.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	303	337.50	337.50
14	350–400	377	280.00–305.00	290.03
4	400–450	444	275.00	275.00
13	450–500	476	260.00–268.00	263.60
3	600–650	632	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	478	227.50–232.50	229.96
1	550–600	565	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	798	195.50	195.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	333	340.00–355.00	347.22
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	482	280.00–300.00	290.00
1	500–550	535	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	429	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	455	307.50	307.50
8	500–550	543	270.00–278.00	275.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	523	245.00–250.00	247.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	985	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	975	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	124.00	124.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,120	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,015	1,550.00	1,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	151.00	151.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,083	105.00–123.00	113.98

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Winona Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle