Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-05-27

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, May 27
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
139 vs last sale 149 282 vs year ago 292 · 96.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
10 vs last sale 15 9 vs year ago 14 · 64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

short run today due to all the rain, not enough to call an accurate trend. Sold 2 loads of heifers to picked up on farm. 1 load @ 785 lbs $ 265.25, 1 load @ 790 lbs. $265.5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 73.06 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.
Average price
$300.00
2 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
17.74
vs MS average
32.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535300.001,6052thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale2 hd
300.00
MS average12 barns · 297 hd
317.74
−17.74
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−32.69
This barn, trailing median7 sales
373.06
−73.06
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,030140.001,4421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,445147.722,1352thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,445147.72/cwt147.50–148.002,1352
Bulls1,030140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4421
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473366.73/cwt362.50–375.001,7353
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9381
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500462329.12/cwt327.50–330.001,5213
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6052
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650640287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8401

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.