Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Calves and slaughter cattle sold mostly steady on a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.75/cwt on 4 head, down $8.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −32.31 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$340.75

▼ 8.47 vs prior sale

4 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$26.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.35

vs MS average

−70.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	354.00	1,958	2thin
Medium and Large 2	558	327.50	1,826	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $132 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.

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

340.75

—

MS average14 barns · 202 hd

370.10

−29.35

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−70.12

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

−32.31

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,620	184.75	2,993	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	164.00	2,050	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	142.51	1,472	4thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,670	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	3,198	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	142.51/cwt	135.00–148.50	1,472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	424.47/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,203	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	556.74/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	387.82/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,227	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	448.32/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	372.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	371.73/cwt	348.00–395.00	1,933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	689.56/cwt	670.00–700.00	1,552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	470.79/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 153Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 23Year ago 12

Compared to last week: Calves and slaughter cattle sold mostly steady on a lightly tested market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	191.50	191.50
1	—	1,570	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	164.00	164.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	135.00–148.50	142.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	670.00–700.00	689.56
2	300–350	325	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	420	450.00–490.00	470.79
2	500–550	520	348.00–395.00	371.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
6	300–350	322	550.00–560.00	556.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	550.00	550.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	519	420.00–429.00	424.47
2	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	625	383.00–395.00	387.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	410	372.50	372.50
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	335	452.50	452.50
2	550–600	553	354.00	354.00
4	650–700	683	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	365.00	365.00
3	300–350	323	445.00–450.00	448.32
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	370.00–375.00	372.47
1	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00

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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