Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers, heifers and bulls sold sharply lower on a lightly tested market. Weaned grouped cattle still sold good. Slaughter cattle sold lower 5-10.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.00/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −38.06 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$335.00

11 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$808

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

$165.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.48

vs MS average

−39.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	365.00	1,913	9thin
Medium and Large 2	553	200.00	1,105	2thin

One grade step is worth $165.00/cwt here — about $808 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

335.00

—

MS average14 barns · 245 hd

333.52

+1.48

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−39.89

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−38.06

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	2,285	190.00	4,342	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	146.53	1,726	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	116.37	1,331	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,271	$2,563	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$1,450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,271	1
Bulls	—	—	2,285	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,342	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	146.53/cwt	140.00–152.50	1,726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	116.37/cwt	100.00–135.00	1,331	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	368.35/cwt	348.00–373.00	1,764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	256.30/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	285.18/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	376.21/cwt	365.00–384.00	1,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	376.31/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,271	2,562.93/head	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,563	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,450.24/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	368.68/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	292.33/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	346.60/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	287.26/cwt	287.00–287.50	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	363.03/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,318	3

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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 209Year ago 84

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 13Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 4

Compared to last week: steers, heifers and bulls sold sharply lower on a lightly tested market. Weaned grouped cattle still sold good. Slaughter cattle sold lower 5-10.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	350.00–405.00	376.31
3	450–500	473	337.50–352.50	346.60
2	650–700	670	285.00–300.00	292.33
1	800–850	835	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	805	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	360.00–375.00	368.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	363	350.00–390.00	363.03
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	550	337.50	337.50
2	600–650	620	287.00–287.50	287.26
1	750–800	790	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	335	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	410	270.00–300.00	285.18
1	450–500	450	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	560	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	640	250.00–262.50	256.30
1	750–800	785	242.00	242.00
1	950–1000	965	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	391.00	391.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	460	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
11	450–500	479	348.00–373.00	368.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	410	378.00	378.00
1	650–700	695	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	365.00–384.00	376.21
9	500–550	524	365.00	365.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,285	190.00	190.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	140.00–152.50	146.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	100.00–135.00	116.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,271	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,562.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,035	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.24

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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Winona Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

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