Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15 higher, heifers sold steady to 12 higher. Very few slaughter cows but they sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +1.10 against this barn's trailing median of $447.90.

Average price

$449.00

4 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.39

vs MS average

−38.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	449.00	2,496	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $413.06, median $447.90 across 3 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

449.00

—

MS average13 barns · 295 hd

452.39

−3.39

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−38.35

This barn, trailing median3 sales

447.90

+1.10

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%	Average	1,443	183.46	2,647	9thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	183.46/cwt	176.00–190.00	2,647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,196	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	547.31/cwt	531.00–575.00	2,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,289	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	653.33/cwt	605.00–671.00	2,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	357.07/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,196	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	315.83/cwt	311.00–322.50	2,312	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,118	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	415.38/cwt	410.00–419.00	1,927	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	459.65/cwt	400.00–490.00	1,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	448.40/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	379.91/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	389.38/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	165	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	731.73/cwt	690.00–780.00	2,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,453	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 Feb 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 115Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 39Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15 higher, heifers sold steady to 12 higher. Very few slaughter cows but they sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,443	176.00–190.00	183.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	640.00	640.00
3	400–450	430	400.00–490.00	459.65
1	450–500	465	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	610	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	660	347.50	347.50
1	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	450.00	450.00
1	600–650	635	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	665.00	665.00
2	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	605.00–671.00	653.33
8	350–400	382	531.00–575.00	547.31
21	400–450	434	506.00	506.00
7	450–500	468	489.00	489.00
4	550–600	556	449.00	449.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	730.00	730.00
1	200–250	210	780.00	780.00
2	250–300	275	690.00–780.00	731.73
1	300–350	305	690.00	690.00
1	350–400	375	585.00	585.00
2	400–450	413	520.00	520.00
1	450–500	465	470.00	470.00
1	600–650	625	392.50	392.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	347	515.00	515.00
8	350–400	391	444.00	444.00
10	450–500	464	410.00–419.00	415.38
3	550–600	573	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	615	340.00–365.00	357.07
3	650–700	662	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	732	311.00–322.50	315.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	495	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	315	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	370	440.00–457.50	448.40
2	400–450	438	375.00–385.00	379.91
2	450–500	488	350.00–430.00	389.38
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

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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