Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: it was a light run, calves sold steady to 10 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady. No Sale next week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.91/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −40.14 against this barn's trailing median of $365.05.

Average price

$324.91

4 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$9.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	327.38	1,774	3thin
Medium and Large 2	525	317.50	1,667	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about $108 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 sale4 hd

324.91

—

MS average13 barns · 140 hd

337.40

−12.49

This barn, trailing median1 sales

365.05

−40.14

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	1,387	164.51	2,282	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	154.08	1,998	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	123.35	1,232	7thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	288.46/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	273.45/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,881	2
Bulls	—	—	1,195	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,793	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	154.08/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,998	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	135.57/cwt	127.50–140.00	1,414	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	107.06/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	407.84/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	381.83/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	362.20/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	458.68/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	377.36/cwt	350.00–412.50	1,581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	329.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	361.24/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	452.75/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	327.38/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,774	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	464.19/cwt	435.00–495.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	363.84/cwt	357.00–370.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,435	168.14/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,413	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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 105Last week 97Year ago 70

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 30Year ago 14

Compared to last week: it was a light run, calves sold steady to 10 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady. No Sale next week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	520.00	520.00
4	250–300	278	435.00–495.00	464.19
4	300–350	328	450.00–465.00	458.68
2	350–400	378	445.00–460.00	452.75
5	400–450	419	350.00–412.50	377.36
2	450–500	470	335.00–355.00	345.00
3	500–550	542	319.00–333.00	327.38
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	400.00–415.00	407.84
2	350–400	363	350.00–415.00	381.83
1	400–450	445	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	483	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	651	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	367.50	367.50
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	630	287.00–290.00	288.46
2	650–700	688	260.00–287.00	273.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	355.00–367.50	362.20
2	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	250	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	429	357.00–370.00	363.84
2	450–500	458	360.00–362.50	361.24
2	500–550	518	320.00–340.00	329.86
1	550–600	560	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	605	307.00	307.00
1	850–900	865	205.00	205.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	493	348.00	348.00
6	500–550	521	347.50	347.50
3	600–650	640	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	460.00	460.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,435	165.00–172.00	168.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	140.00–159.00	154.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,043	127.50–140.00	135.57
3	—	940	100.00–113.00	107.06

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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