Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last slae 2 weeks ago steers sold 12-25 higher, heifers sold 6-12 higher, bulls sold 8-15 higher. slaughter cows sold steady to 5 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.19/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −145.71 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.

Average price

$302.19

21 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$97

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

$0.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.89

vs MS average

−23.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	302.50	1,558	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	302.17	1,655	20

One grade step is worth $0.33/cwt here — about −$97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

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 sale21 hd

302.19

—

MS average10 barns · 307 hd

288.30

+13.89

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−23.18

This barn, trailing median3 sales

447.90

−145.71

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	116.91	1,412	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	87.66	879	12

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	116.91/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,412	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	95.56/cwt	78.00–106.00	1,009	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	80.49/cwt	77.00–85.00	777	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	243.08/cwt	215.00–270.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	314.23/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	294.44/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,690	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	412	334.51/cwt	331.00–336.00	1,378	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	308.50/cwt	291.00–317.50	1,623	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	241.51/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	224.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	262.71/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,348	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	256.50/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	290.45/cwt	277.50–302.50	915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	355.45/cwt	347.50–365.00	988	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	299.73/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	215.85/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	325.69/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	257.42/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,218	2

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 70Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 14Year ago 34

Compared to the last slae 2 weeks ago steers sold 12-25 higher, heifers sold 6-12 higher, bulls sold 8-15 higher. slaughter cows sold steady to 5 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,208	112.00–124.00	116.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,056	78.00–106.00	95.56
4	—	965	77.00–85.00	80.49
1	—	780	61.00	61.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	355.00	355.00
4	250–300	278	347.50–365.00	355.45
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
6	350–400	378	317.50–335.00	325.69
4	400–450	434	297.50–320.00	314.23
2	450–500	463	290.00–310.00	299.73
3	500–550	513	250.00–277.50	262.71
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
2	650–700	675	211.00–221.00	215.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	325.00–330.00	327.50
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	475	215.00–270.00	243.08
3	500–550	528	235.00–250.00	241.51
1	550–600	550	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	412	331.00–336.00	334.51
4	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
11	500–550	526	291.00–317.50	308.50
9	550–600	574	294.00–295.00	294.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	475	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	515	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	660	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	465	205.00	205.00
1	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	277.50–302.50	290.45
1	350–400	370	277.50	277.50
3	400–450	423	250.00–260.00	256.50
2	450–500	473	252.50–262.50	257.42
1	600–650	600	243.00	243.00
2	650–700	675	220.00–230.00	224.93

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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