Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Toady was a light test on all classes, stters heifers and bulls all sold 10-15 higher on a light test. Slaughter cattle was to lightly tested to call a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.96/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −134.94 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.

Average price

$312.96

8 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$31.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.41

vs MS average

−45.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	316.95	1,747	7thin
Medium and Large 2	545	285.00	1,553	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale8 hd

312.96

—

MS average6 barns · 80 hd

325.36

−12.41

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−45.71

This barn, trailing median3 sales

447.90

−134.94

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	1,508	162.50	2,450	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	810	126.50	1,025	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,570	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,763	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,153	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	250.69/cwt	237.00–264.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	309.46/cwt	297.50–321.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	238.11/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	375.14/cwt	370.00–380.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	202.50/cwt	180.00–225.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	384.22/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	409.68/cwt	382.50–422.50	1,516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	389.35/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	268.78/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	322.57/cwt	317.50–332.00	1,858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	274.00/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	285.28/cwt	278.00–292.50	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	421.71/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,193	3

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 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 130Year ago 84

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 27Year ago 43

Toady was a light test on all classes, stters heifers and bulls all sold 10-15 higher on a light test. Slaughter cattle was to lightly tested to call a trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	176.00	176.00
1	—	1,445	149.00	149.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	122.00	122.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	131.00	131.00

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	210	460.00	460.00
3	250–300	283	410.00–435.00	421.71
1	300–350	305	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	383	370.00–410.00	389.35
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	460	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	593	278.00–292.50	285.28
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	695	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	483	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	715	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	425.00	425.00
4	350–400	370	382.50–422.50	409.68
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	495	307.50	307.50
3	500–550	518	297.50–321.00	309.46
4	550–600	576	317.50–332.00	322.57
2	600–650	638	260.00–277.50	268.78
2	700–750	710	237.00–264.00	250.69
1	800–850	820	242.00	242.00
1	850–900	895	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	370.00–380.00	375.14
3	300–350	327	377.50–390.00	384.22
1	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	462	272.00–275.00	274.00
1	500–550	510	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	590	227.00	227.00
2	600–650	635	231.00–245.00	238.11
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	845	180.00–225.00	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	249.00	249.00
1	600–650	635	237.00	237.00

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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