Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-06-04

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
215 vs last sale 292 139 vs year ago 216 · 64.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
14 vs last sale 14 81 vs year ago 109 · 74.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mixed, from 6 lower to 7 higher. slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $263.71/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 184.19 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.
Average price
$263.71
8 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,456
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
16.21
vs MS average
45.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552263.711,4568thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
470446423399median 447.9002/2402/2403/0307/0707/07
Steers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $413.06, median $447.90 across 3 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 sale8 hd
263.71
MS average12 barns · 362 hd
279.92
−16.21
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−45.45
This barn, trailing median3 sales
447.90
−184.19
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
BullsAverage1,438167.952,4152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175137.321,61411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035110.491,1443thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls1,438167.95/cwt161.00–173.002,4152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175137.32/cwt121.00–146.001,61411
CowsLean 85-90%1,078121.74/cwt116.00–127.001,3122
CowsLean 85-90%95088.00/cwt88.00–88.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235380.00/cwt380.00–380.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484256.17/cwt254.00–257.001,2407
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3521
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375307.77/cwt300.00–317.501,1543
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633249.39/cwt244.00–254.001,5793
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533268.48/cwt264.00–275.001,4314
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571258.94/cwt248.00–277.501,4794
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750708238.48/cwt237.00–240.001,6882
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009841
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313318.32/cwt290.00–335.009963
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585236.57/cwt227.50–245.001,3843
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250245375.00/cwt375.00–375.009191
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5911
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2971
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333339.72/cwt332.50–347.501,1312
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423303.82/cwt300.00–307.501,2852
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550538258.63/cwt250.00–267.501,3912
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350326342.46/cwt337.50–345.001,1164
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370326.40/cwt322.50–330.001,2082
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4291
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4181
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335285.00/cwt285.00–285.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470285.97/cwt277.50–295.001,3442
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518243.70/cwt240.00–247.501,2622

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.