Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

short run today due to the several days of rain, Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.94/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −94.96 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.

Average price

$352.94

4 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.55

vs MS average

−31.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	352.94	1,916	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

352.94

—

MS average12 barns · 221 hd

352.39

+0.55

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−31.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

447.90

−94.96

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	147.24	1,910	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	870	100.00	870	1thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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	500–550	510	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	324.14/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	351.42/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,852	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	147.24/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,910	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 44Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 25Year ago 34

short run today due to the several days of rain, Not enough data to call a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	320.00–327.50	324.14
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	342.50–360.00	351.42
1	550–600	590	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	615	352.50	352.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	146.00–150.00	147.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	100.00	100.00

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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