Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparedto last week there was not enough data to call a trend but there was a lower undertone of the steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls seemed mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −150.56 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$222.50

1 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.15

vs MS average

−22.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	222.50	1,224	1thin

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

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 sale1 hd

222.50

—

MS average13 barns · 255 hd

232.65

−10.15

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−22.57

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−150.56

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	—	Average	1,405	149.00	2,093	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	128.04	1,508	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	106.61	1,116	9thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	—	—	1,405	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,093	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	128.04/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,508	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	114.71/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,143	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	78.24/cwt	71.00–85.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	225.79/cwt	202.50–250.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	292.30/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	291.27/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	230.44/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	223.70/cwt	217.50–230.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	243.39/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,159	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	260.06/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,532	1

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 Aug 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 100Year ago 67

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 20Year ago 14

Comparedto last week there was not enough data to call a trend but there was a lower undertone of the steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls seemed mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,178	123.00–133.00	128.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	996	110.00–119.00	114.71
2	—	1,223	71.00–85.00	78.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	375	285.00–300.00	292.30
2	400–450	415	290.00–292.50	291.27
1	450–500	495	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	515	215.00–245.00	230.44
1	550–600	570	237.50	237.50
1	600–650	645	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	770	199.00	199.00
1	800–850	825	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	202.50–250.00	225.79
1	400–450	435	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	485	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	370	287.50	287.50
2	400–450	428	250.00–270.00	260.06
7	450–500	476	230.00–270.00	243.39
2	600–650	610	217.50–230.00	223.70
1	650–700	695	212.50	212.50
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	415	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	550	222.50	222.50

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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