Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: It was a very light run today. Not enough data to call a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.00/cwt on 1 head, up $6.94 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +6.94 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$380.00

▲ 6.94 vs prior sale

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.49

vs MS average

−33.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	380.00	2,128	1thin

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

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 sale1 hd

380.00

—

MS average14 barns · 199 hd

386.49

−6.49

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−33.78

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

+6.94

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	1,008	171.78	1,732	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,128	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	171.78/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,732	2

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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22Last week 135Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 20Year ago 7

Compared to last week: It was a very light run today. Not enough data to call a trend.

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	325	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	440	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	560	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	780	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	481	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
1	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	525	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	169.00–175.00	171.78

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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