Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked to be mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $393.53/cwt on 6 head, down $3.71 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +20.47 against this barn's trailing median of $373.06.

Average price

$393.53

▼ 3.71 vs prior sale

6 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.08

vs MS average

−30.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	393.53	2,134	6thin

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 sale6 hd

393.53

—

MS average11 barns · 221 hd

395.60

−2.08

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−30.54

This barn, trailing median7 sales

373.06

+20.47

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	1,623	204.06	3,312	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	170.30	1,996	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,328	163.89	2,176	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,435	$3,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,530	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,415	$2,716	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,495	$3,729	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,538	$3,383	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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%	—	1,172	170.30/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,996	6
Bulls	—	—	1,623	204.06/cwt	198.00–210.00	3,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,328	163.89/cwt	163.00–164.50	2,176	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	700–750	735	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	3,728.93/head	3,100.00–4,200.00	3,729	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,538	3,382.68/head	3,200.00–3,550.00	3,383	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	2,716.25/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,716	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	462.63/cwt	415.00–490.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	402.79/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	900–950	940	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	483.05/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	526.42/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	463.34/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	497.45/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	432.33/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	369.70/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 97Year ago 34

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 16Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 6Year ago 5

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call an accurate trend but looked to be mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,172	165.00–173.00	170.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,328	163.00–164.50	163.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	198.00–210.00	204.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	510.00–550.00	526.42
2	350–400	363	490.00–505.00	497.45
3	400–450	418	475.00–490.00	483.05
1	450–500	480	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	510	415.00–450.00	432.33
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	347.50	347.50
2	650–700	665	350.00–390.00	369.70
2	700–750	715	340.00–360.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	495	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
2	700–750	735	2,400.00	2,400.00
3	900–950	940	3,200.00	3,200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	430.00	430.00
3	300–350	323	415.00–490.00	462.63
3	350–400	382	455.00–475.00	463.34
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	521	380.00–415.00	402.79
2	550–600	585	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	450	497.50	497.50
1	550–600	570	400.00	400.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,495	3,100.00–4,200.00	3,728.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,538	3,200.00–3,550.00	3,382.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,415	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,716.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,530	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	3,850.00	3,850.00

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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Winona Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winona Stockyard - Winona, MS

Slaughter Cattle

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