Name: Winona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers, heifers, and bulls sold steady to 5 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady on a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.54/cwt on 19 head, down $1.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −22.58 against this barn's trailing median of $392.12.

Average price

$369.54

▼ 1.65 vs prior sale

19 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$14.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.03

vs MS average

−44.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	372.60	1,981	15thin
Medium and Large 1	540	358.07	1,934	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.53/cwt here — about $48 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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $334.47, median $392.12 across 6 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 sale19 hd

369.54

—

MS average13 barns · 337 hd

379.57

−10.03

National average172 barns · 15,995 hd

413.83

−44.29

This barn, trailing median6 sales

392.12

−22.58

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	—	High	1,750	192.00	3,360	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	154.81	1,881	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	125.00	1,241	2thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	432.51/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	492.09/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	440.24/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	420.22/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,736	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,959	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	420.74/cwt	408.00–442.50	1,750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	306.25/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,077	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	329.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	364.09/cwt	342.50–380.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	321.12/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	359.40/cwt	344.00–380.00	1,707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	470.11/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.59/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	327.49/cwt	317.50–342.50	2,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	399.29/cwt	360.00–440.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	447.73/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,231	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	336.05/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	351.74/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	397.42/cwt	362.50–435.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	470.81/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	415.39/cwt	392.50–440.00	1,907	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,120	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,241	2
Bulls	—	—	1,750	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,360	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	160.01/cwt	159.00–161.00	2,037	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	147.00/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,658	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 Sep 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 188Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 12

Compared to last week: steers, heifers, and bulls sold steady to 5 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady on a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	485	300.00–312.50	306.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	440.00–450.00	447.73
5	300–350	325	400.00–450.00	420.22
3	350–400	377	360.00–440.00	399.29
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	475	344.00–380.00	359.40
10	500–550	519	320.00–360.00	340.59
1	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	408.00–442.50	420.74
7	450–500	481	361.00	361.00
6	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	470	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	330	490.00	490.00
5	350–400	388	445.00–490.00	470.81
3	400–450	428	435.00–445.00	440.24
5	450–500	459	392.50–440.00	415.39
3	500–550	525	342.50–380.00	364.09
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	625	320.00–340.00	329.89
4	650–700	668	317.50–342.50	327.49
1	700–750	720	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
9	500–550	501	391.00	391.00
6	550–600	578	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	603	344.50	344.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	560.00	560.00
2	300–350	323	485.00–500.00	492.09
5	350–400	377	460.00–480.00	470.11
2	400–450	433	430.00–435.00	432.51
2	450–500	478	362.50–435.00	397.42
2	500–550	518	330.00–375.00	351.74
1	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	633	310.00–332.50	321.12
2	650–700	670	327.50–345.00	336.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	159.00–161.00	160.01
2	—	1,128	145.00–150.00	147.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	192.00	192.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Winona Livestock Auction