Sale reports / Mississippi / Winona Livestock Auction / 2025-08-12

Winona Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Winona, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2119
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
34 vs last sale 114 50 vs year ago 130 · 38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
18 vs last sale 8 4 vs year ago 22 · +18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
14 vs last sale 2 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady to 3 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 74.31 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.
Average price
$298.75
2 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
36.95
vs MS average
52.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550298.751,6432thin
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
298.75
MS average14 barns · 383 hd
335.70
−36.95
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−52.06
This barn, trailing median7 sales
373.06
−74.31
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
BullsAverage1,485209.003,1041thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,168165.361,93113
CowsLean 85-90%Average975145.531,4186thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$3,2444thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,045$2,9902thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)805$1,8001thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,485209.00/cwt209.00–209.003,1041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168165.36/cwt156.00–175.001,93113
CowsLean 85-90%918153.57/cwt150.00–155.001,4104
CowsLean 85-90%1,088129.46/cwt120.00–137.001,4092
BullsMedium and Large 1100–150140490.00/cwt490.00–490.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,5201
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,088168.37/cwt164.00–173.001,8322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,8652
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0452,990.19/head2,600.00–3,300.002,9902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650636317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0165
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2083,188.82/head3,000.00–3,400.003,1892
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2980189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,8521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28051,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7575
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7302
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625296.68/cwt285.00–308.001,8542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140183.50/cwt179.00–188.002,0922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0903,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9081
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000960255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4481
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500461360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,0072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6754
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250220440.00/cwt440.00–440.009681
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8201
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350322429.24/cwt412.50–450.001,3825
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6671
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,3981
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300271461.47/cwt450.00–480.001,2514
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5841
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6091
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423357.60/cwt317.50–385.001,5134
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383397.25/cwt385.00–410.001,5212
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200195435.00/cwt435.00–435.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8531
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450438305.11/cwt285.00–325.001,3362
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400388425.06/cwt415.00–435.001,6492
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415406.61/cwt400.00–415.001,6873

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.