Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared tolast week steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher, up to 14 in spots. not enough slaughter cattle to call a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.50/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −57.55 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$315.50

21 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$46.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs MS average

−18.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	321.97	1,770	14thin
Medium and Large 1	545	313.53	1,710	5thin
Medium and Large 2	515	275.15	1,417	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.82/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd

315.50

—

MS average14 barns · 369 hd

315.42

+0.08

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−18.61

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−57.55

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	1,378	197.89	2,727	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	835	146.00	1,219	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,359	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	425.07/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	328.16/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	313.72/cwt	311.00–319.00	1,816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	347.40/cwt	342.00–352.50	2,011	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,949	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	321.49/cwt	321.00–322.50	2,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	339.89/cwt	331.00–344.00	1,618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	211	431.70/cwt	420.00–452.50	911	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	262.20/cwt	262.20–262.20	1,731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	422.57/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,219	1
Bulls	—	—	1,378	197.89/cwt	195.00–200.00	2,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	198	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	398.77/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	311.29/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	366.71/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	323.41/cwt	312.50–350.00	1,526	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	293.13/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	378.79/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	328.00/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	292.00/cwt	287.00–297.00	2,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	275.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	333.92/cwt	310.00–390.00	1,703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	418.41/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	315.03/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	415.37/cwt	397.00–430.00	1,333	4

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 Jun 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 137Year ago 13

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 12Year ago 16

Compared tolast week steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher, up to 14 in spots. not enough slaughter cattle to call a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	211	420.00–452.50	431.70
4	350–400	366	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	420	305.00	305.00
9	450–500	476	331.00–344.00	339.89
8	500–550	528	320.00–331.00	328.16
6	550–600	579	311.00–319.00	313.72
2	650–700	672	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	515	270.00–280.00	275.15
1	650–700	660	262.20	262.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	425.00	425.00
2	250–300	288	420.00–425.00	422.57
4	300–350	321	397.00–430.00	415.37
3	400–450	420	340.00–395.00	366.71
7	450–500	472	312.50–350.00	323.41
3	500–550	527	308.00–320.00	315.03
2	550–600	573	302.50–320.00	311.29
1	650–700	680	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	198	500.00	500.00
6	250–300	286	475.00	475.00
3	350–400	376	421.00	421.00
5	400–450	419	397.00–400.00	398.77
5	500–550	534	328.00	328.00
3	550–600	568	337.50	337.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
3	300–350	333	400.00–437.50	418.41
2	350–400	370	420.00–430.00	425.07
1	400–450	445	367.50	367.50
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
4	500–550	510	310.00–390.00	333.92
3	600–650	617	285.00–302.50	293.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	453	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	605	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	579	342.00–352.50	347.40
6	600–650	627	321.00–322.50	321.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	413	372.50–385.00	378.79
1	450–500	485	347.50	347.50
2	500–550	515	326.00–330.00	328.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	715	287.00–297.00	292.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	146.00	146.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	195.00–200.00	197.89

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