Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-04-01

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 1
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
72 vs last sale 89 32 vs year ago 49 · 65.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
52 vs last sale 67 8 vs year ago 23 · 34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call an accurate trend today but looked mostley steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 76.81 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.
Average price
$296.25
4 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.21
vs MS average
25.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518305.001,5803thin
Medium and Large 1580270.001,5661thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $14 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

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 sale4 hd
296.25
MS average12 barns · 154 hd
296.04
+0.21
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−25.13
This barn, trailing median7 sales
373.06
−76.81
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,247146.611,8289thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008118.521,1954thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,008118.52/cwt100.00–134.001,1954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247146.61/cwt132.00–153.501,8289
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250240420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5803
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460296.74/cwt280.00–312.501,3653
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5661
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350303425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2883
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200190450.00/cwt450.00–450.008551

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.