Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

It was a light run today but good quality, not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −104.31 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$268.75

2 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.80

vs MS average

−47.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	292.50	1,492	1thin
Medium and Large 2	585	245.00	1,433	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $59 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

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 sale2 hd

268.75

—

MS average13 barns · 200 hd

295.55

−26.80

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−47.80

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−104.31

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	1,900	165.00	3,135	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,415	137.00	1,939	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,900	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,135	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	288.39/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	310.10/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	334.74/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	320.77/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	317.26/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,329	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	291.89/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	392.18/cwt	350.00–435.00	1,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	317.59/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	750–800	781	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	288.95/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	352.44/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,138	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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 17Year ago 51

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 15Year ago 65

It was a light run today but good quality, not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	137.00	137.00

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	250	425.00	425.00
2	300–350	328	350.00–435.00	392.18
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	445	292.50	292.50
2	450–500	488	300.00–335.00	317.59
4	500–550	506	275.00–305.00	288.95
3	550–600	565	275.00–300.00	291.89
1	600–650	620	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	265	360.00	360.00
2	300–350	323	350.00–355.00	352.44
4	350–400	370	302.50–335.00	320.77
5	400–450	419	300.00–332.50	317.26
2	450–500	475	277.50–300.00	288.39
1	500–550	510	292.50	292.50
1	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
6	750–800	781	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	327.50	327.50
4	400–450	425	320.00–342.50	334.74
2	450–500	480	300.00–320.00	310.10
1	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00

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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