Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2024-12-17

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
91 vs last sale 154 28 vs year ago 91 · 30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
11 vs last sale 11 20 vs year ago 42 · 47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 7 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer, bulls and heifers sold steady to 8 higher, sluaghter cows sold steady. Sold 1 load of steers@780 lbs. $255.5, 1 load of hifers @ 740lbs.239.5. NEXT SALE JANUARY 7.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 108.06 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.
Average price
$265.00
1 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.33
vs MS average
19.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505265.001,3381thin
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 sale1 hd
265.00
MS average13 barns · 299 hd
254.67
+10.33
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
−19.95
This barn, trailing median7 sales
373.06
−108.06
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,305113.001,4751thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205112.201,3525thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88579.7270516

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)963$1,5882thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$1,3122thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)750$8086

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,305113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,4751
CowsLean 85-90%85471.80/cwt69.00–75.006138
CowsLean 85-90%96598.43/cwt92.00–107.009506
CowsLean 85-90%76855.28/cwt50.00–60.004252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205112.20/cwt106.00–118.001,3525
Bred CowsMedium 1-28551,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,312.16/head1,300.00–1,325.001,3122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2773775.00/head775.00–775.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479278.02/cwt267.50–285.001,3324
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410308.73/cwt307.50–310.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600564251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4165
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3722
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435305.01/cwt293.00–312.501,3273
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333281.37/cwt270.00–290.009374
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550505265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367293.30/cwt285.00–300.001,0763
Stock CowsMedium 1-2739825.00/head825.00–825.008254
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300305.00/cwt305.00–305.009151
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330260.00/cwt260.00–260.008581

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.