Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Steers, heifers and bull calves sold steady to 10 Lower steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.75/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −115.30 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$257.75

13 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$8.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.04

vs MS average

−47.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	258.79	1,387	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	523	258.00	1,349	6thin
Medium and Large 2	530	250.00	1,325	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.79/cwt here — about $62 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 sale13 hd

257.75

—

MS average13 barns · 387 hd

282.79

−25.04

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−47.27

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−115.30

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	1,688	172.51	2,912	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	142.31	1,823	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	920	110.34	1,015	5thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	248.74/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	791	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,780	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	325.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	258.00/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	119.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,177	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,838	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	140.39/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,818	4
Bulls	—	—	1,230	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,820	1
Bulls	—	—	1,768	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	3,200	2
Bulls	—	—	1,985	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	96.95/cwt	93.00–101.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	343.04/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	263.82/cwt	240.00–287.50	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	327.59/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,376	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	352.51/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	321.62/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	323.48/cwt	307.50–340.00	1,546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1400–1450	1,420	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	4,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	304.90/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	320.23/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,329	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	368.54/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	327.54/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,998	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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 96Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 20Year ago 20

Compared to last week Steers, heifers and bull calves sold steady to 10 Lower steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	335.00	335.00
6	500–550	523	257.00–260.00	258.00
3	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	320.00–325.00	322.50
2	350–400	383	290.00–320.00	304.90
7	400–450	415	312.50–335.00	320.23
4	500–550	519	240.00–287.50	263.82
2	550–600	570	247.50–250.00	248.74
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	630	248.00	248.00
7	650–700	693	232.50	232.50
7	750–800	791	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	262.50	262.50
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	620	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	655	291.00	291.00
9	700–750	728	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	519	320.00–330.00	325.50
3	650–700	667	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	355.00–382.50	368.54
3	350–400	377	347.50–355.00	352.51
3	400–450	417	332.50–350.00	343.04
4	450–500	478	307.50–340.00	323.48
3	500–550	513	315.00–325.00	321.62
1	550–600	580	322.50	322.50
2	600–650	610	325.00–330.00	327.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	605	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
3	1400–1450	1,420	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	420	300.00–345.00	327.59
1	450–500	480	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	115.00–125.00	119.26
2	—	820	93.00–101.00	96.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,295	134.00–146.00	140.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	148.00	148.00
2	—	1,768	180.00–182.00	181.02
1	—	1,985	180.00	180.00

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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