Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale before christmas all classes of cattle sold higher $5-10.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.71/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −132.35 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$240.71

7 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$30.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.08

vs MS average

−64.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	254.01	1,389	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	238.00	1,321	2thin
Medium and Large 2	528	223.46	1,180	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.55/cwt here — about $210 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

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 sale7 hd

240.71

—

MS average11 barns · 188 hd

257.79

−17.08

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−64.53

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−132.35

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	1,650	143.83	2,373	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	116.34	1,375	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	815	91.00	742	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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%	—	1,182	116.34/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,375	3
Bulls	—	—	1,650	143.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,373	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	368.88/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	289.85/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	276.35/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	223.46/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	290.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,215	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	342.28/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	233.32/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	314.86/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	245.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	304.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	345.07/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	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 Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 63Year ago 131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 22Year ago 65

Compared to the last sale before christmas all classes of cattle sold higher $5-10.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	116.00–117.00	116.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	91.00	91.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	140.00–150.00	143.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	340	360.00–377.50	368.88
1	350–400	350	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	488	280.00–300.00	289.85
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	620	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	620	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	675	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	292.50	292.50
2	550–600	555	238.00	238.00
7	600–650	628	235.00	235.00
2	950–1000	985	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	528	215.00–232.50	223.46
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	300.00–310.00	304.89
1	350–400	350	317.50	317.50
4	400–450	419	280.00–300.00	290.00
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	535	272.00	272.00
2	550–600	553	240.00–250.00	245.02
3	650–700	675	230.00–235.00	233.32
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	340.00–350.00	345.07
1	500–550	535	317.50	317.50
2	550–600	555	300.00–330.00	314.86
2	600–650	620	270.00–282.50	276.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	337.00–350.00	342.28
4	500–550	505	321.00	321.00
5	550–600	598	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	255.00	255.00

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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