Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: there were not enough cattle to call an accurate trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −68.06 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$305.00

4 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.54

vs MS average

−65.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	310.00	1,666	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	300.00	1,599	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $67 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 sale4 hd

305.00

—

MS average11 barns · 134 hd

336.54

−31.54

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−65.45

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−68.06

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	—	Average	1,885	174.68	3,293	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	150.00	1,716	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	126.58	1,273	9thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,246	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	106.57/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	343.21/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	139.10/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,430	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	150.00/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,716	8
Bulls	—	—	1,885	174.68/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	286.54/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	306.50/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	933	1

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 105Year ago 118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 19Year ago 22

Compared to last sale: there were not enough cattle to call an accurate trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	124.00	124.00
3	—	968	100.00–110.00	106.57
5	—	1,028	135.00–146.50	139.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	147.00–155.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	170.00–180.00	174.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	307.50	307.50
3	800–850	804	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	300.00–312.50	306.50
1	400–450	415	287.50	287.50
2	450–500	470	272.50–300.00	286.54
2	500–550	533	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	467	337.50–350.00	343.21

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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