Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers.heifers and bulls sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher on a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.37/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −121.53 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.

Average price

$326.37

16 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$5.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.99

vs MS average

−47.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	327.41	1,744	13thin
Medium and Large 1	530	321.88	1,706	3thin

One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $38 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 sale16 hd

326.37

—

MS average13 barns · 331 hd

334.36

−7.99

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−47.65

This barn, trailing median3 sales

447.90

−121.53

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	1,765	179.54	3,169	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	139.51	1,539	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	781	112.00	875	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1	300–350	300	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	331.88/cwt	322.50–355.00	1,729	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	321.88/cwt	302.50–350.00	1,706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,661	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	179.54/cwt	158.00–190.00	3,169	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,539	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	781	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	244.94/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	285.96/cwt	257.50–295.00	1,507	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	376.69/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	260.79/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,776	8

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 335Year ago 60

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 27Year ago 41

Compared to last week steers.heifers and bulls sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher on a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	745	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	515	297.50	297.50
1	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	605	282.50	282.50
2	650–700	658	240.00–250.00	244.94
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	527	257.50–295.00	285.96
6	600–650	637	280.00	280.00
7	650–700	692	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	521	322.50–355.00	331.88
3	550–600	572	312.50	312.50
6	600–650	645	302.50	302.50
8	650–700	681	250.00–280.00	260.79
4	750–800	773	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	375.00–377.50	376.69
3	500–550	530	302.50–350.00	321.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,765	158.00–190.00	179.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	139.00–140.00	139.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	781	112.00	112.00

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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