Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked firmer in all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.83/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −128.22 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$244.83

6 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.96

vs MS average

−59.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	258.00	1,504	3thin
Medium and Large 2	540	235.00	1,269	1thin
Medium and Large 1	523	230.00	1,203	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $301 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale6 hd

244.83

—

MS average10 barns · 213 hd

263.79

−18.96

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−59.59

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−128.22

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	1,600	159.00	2,544	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	974	126.20	1,229	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,010	126.00	1,273	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	124.00	1,370	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	380.90/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	560	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	360.19/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	354.18/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	309.96/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	287.56/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	321.00/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,220	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	314.64/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,331	2
Bulls	—	—	1,600	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,544	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,139	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	968	129.93/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,258	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,010	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,273	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,370	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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 209Year ago 511

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 31Year ago 41

Not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked firmer in all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	420	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	377.50–385.00	380.90
2	400–450	423	295.00–335.00	314.64
1	500–550	525	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	350.00–370.00	360.19
1	400–450	430	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	560	317.50–322.50	320.00
2	650–700	672	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	742	276.00	276.00
1	800–850	825	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	330.00	330.00
4	300–350	330	345.00–367.50	354.18
2	350–400	380	315.00–327.50	321.00
3	400–450	415	300.00–320.00	309.96
2	450–500	483	285.00–290.00	287.56
2	500–550	523	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
4	700–750	745	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	583	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	159.00	159.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	115.00	115.00
3	—	968	127.00–135.00	129.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	124.00	124.00

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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