Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-03-19

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
29 vs last sale 84 12 vs year ago 67 · 17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
35 vs last sale 43 2 vs year ago 10 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer, heifers and bulls sold 5-12 higher on a light tested market with some spots being up to 20 higher. slaughter cows and bulls were also light tested but sold steady to 4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.66/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 114.39 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.
Average price
$258.66
2 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.59
vs MS average
18.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505258.661,3062thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
411386361335median 373.0601/0601/1302/2405/1907/14
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 sale2 hd
258.66
MS average13 barns · 218 hd
257.07
+1.59
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−18.56
This barn, trailing median7 sales
373.06
−114.39
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
BullsLow1,325122.731,6262thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average990134.001,3271thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average898114.201,0263thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,325122.73/cwt118.00–130.001,6262
CowsBoner 80-85%990134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3271
CowsLean 85-90%898114.20/cwt112.00–117.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3401
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400372360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3393
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470210.00/cwt210.00–210.009871
HeifersMedium and Large 2150–200185292.50/cwt292.50–292.505411
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250238285.47/cwt270.00–300.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323366.10/cwt360.00–372.501,1832
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950910187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4622
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4131
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4461
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475263.64/cwt255.00–275.001,2524
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5811
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520277.79/cwt262.50–285.001,4453
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000960164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5741
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450434276.02/cwt265.00–285.001,1984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6116
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1081
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550505258.66/cwt250.00–267.501,3062
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377289.36/cwt270.00–300.001,0915

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.