Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: It was a light run with not enough data to call and accurate trend but a higher undertone was noted in all classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $329.11/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −35.94 against this barn's trailing median of $365.05.

Average price

$329.11

5 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$33.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.50

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	335.76	1,763	4thin
Medium and Large 2	560	302.50	1,694	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $69 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

329.11

—

MS average13 barns · 181 hd

349.61

−20.50

This barn, trailing median1 sales

365.05

−35.94

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%	High	1,239	164.04	2,032	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	140.23	1,489	3thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	300–350	320	455.26/cwt	420.00–500.00	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	339.95/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	368.73/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,717	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	168.07/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	387.94/cwt	386.00–390.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	356.57/cwt	354.00–362.50	1,865	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	140.23/cwt	120.00–157.00	1,489	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	335.76/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	374.44/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	299.50/cwt	296.00–303.00	2,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	323.53/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	413.20/cwt	365.00–445.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	336.24/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	416.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,592	6

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 Sep 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 67Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 14

Compared to last week: It was a light run with not enough data to call and accurate trend but a higher undertone was noted in all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	420.00–500.00	455.26
6	350–400	382	400.00–430.00	416.73
2	450–500	488	330.00–350.00	339.95
4	500–550	525	330.00–342.50	335.76
3	600–650	628	315.00–332.00	323.53
1	700–750	725	322.00	322.00
2	750–800	780	296.00–303.00	299.50
1	900–950	910	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	560	302.50	302.50
1	750–800	755	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	386.00–390.00	387.94
2	550–600	573	370.00–379.00	374.44
2	600–650	603	365.00–372.50	368.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	392.00	392.00
2	900–950	903	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	373	365.00–445.00	413.20
4	500–550	523	354.00–362.50	356.57
2	550–600	563	325.00–348.00	336.24
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	165.00–170.00	168.07
2	—	1,198	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	120.00–157.00	140.23

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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