Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week calves sold steady to $ higher, slaughter coows and bulls sold steady to 3 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −126.06 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$247.00

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$26.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−63.47

vs MS average

−85.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	260.00	1,456	1thin
Medium and Large 2	545	234.00	1,275	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.00/cwt here — about $181 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

247.00

—

MS average13 barns · 334 hd

310.47

−63.47

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−85.82

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−126.06

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	1,637	161.23	2,639	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,176	148.78	1,749	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	130.13	1,359	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$2,450	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,137	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	825	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,765	171.85/cwt	162.00–181.00	3,033	2
Bulls	—	—	1,380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,932	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,702	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	148.31/cwt	140.00–151.50	1,753	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	130.13/cwt	115.00–146.00	1,359	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,181	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,136.84/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,097	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	264.98/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	454.74/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	419.03/cwt	395.00–445.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	441.27/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,191	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1

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 May 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 34Year ago 142

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 7Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 0

Compared to last week calves sold steady to $ higher, slaughter coows and bulls sold steady to 3 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,765	162.00–181.00	171.85
1	—	1,380	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	154.00	154.00
11	—	1,182	140.00–151.50	148.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	115.00–146.00	130.13

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	270	437.50	437.50
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	715	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	775	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	400.00–465.00	441.27
2	300–350	323	395.00–445.00	419.03
1	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
5	600–650	612	282.00	282.00
5	700–750	733	257.00–267.00	264.98
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	420.00	420.00
2	250–300	290	440.00–470.00	454.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	881	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	267.00	267.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,140	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,136.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,260	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	2,000.00	2,000.00

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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Winona Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

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