Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-06-01

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 222▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 48▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a really light run with not enough to call a true trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.77/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$119.77
12 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.60
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396129.885144thin
Medium and Large 2379116.824427thin
Medium and Large 3245100.002451thin
One grade step is worth $29.88/cwt here — about $269 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
119.77
—
MS average13 barns · 1,446 hd
122.37
−2.60
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02948.695014thin

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2—675116.50/cwt116.00–117.007862
SteersMedium and Large 2—560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02948.69/cwt45.00–52.505014
SteersMedium and Large 1—525119.00/cwt119.00–119.006251
SteersMedium and Large 3—60585.00/cwt85.00–85.005141
SteersMedium and Large 2—505123.00/cwt123.00–123.006211
SteersMedium and Large 2—320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
SteersMedium and Large 1—873103.00/cwt103.00–103.008992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385118.00/cwt118.00–118.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378131.84/cwt127.00–136.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 3—245100.00/cwt100.00–100.002451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450124.00/cwt124.00–124.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318121.23/cwt119.00–123.503862
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230130.13/cwt127.00–133.002992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—60090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570107.00/cwt107.00–107.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1—568110.48/cwt107.00–114.006282
BullsMedium and Large 1—315169.51/cwt169.00–170.005342
BullsMedium and Large 1—530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006521
BullsMedium and Large 1—475126.00/cwt126.00–126.005991
BullsMedium and Large 2—423109.73/cwt105.00–115.004642
BullsMedium and Large 1—415139.00/cwt139.00–139.005771
BullsMedium and Large 2—580107.00/cwt107.00–107.006211
BullsMedium and Large 1—365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
BullsMedium and Large 2—50099.00/cwt99.00–99.004951

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.