Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-07-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 95▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 60▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers were steady to $4 higher; slaughter cows and bulls were steady . better quality overall, light run.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.06/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$128.06
33 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490129.0163225
Medium and Large 2467125.105858thin
One grade step is worth $3.91/cwt here — about $47 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 sale33 hd
128.06
—
MS average13 barns · 786 hd
122.91
+5.15
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
Bulls—Average1,76399.251,7492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26260.607653thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11548.505411thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—625114.46/cwt109.00–120.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2—660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
Bulls——1,74598.50/cwt98.50–98.501,7191
BullsMedium and Large 1—563122.71/cwt120.00–125.506912
BullsMedium and Large 2—470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
BullsMedium and Large 1—790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2—300138.00/cwt138.00–138.004141
BullsMedium and Large 1—665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1—429135.35/cwt126.00–139.505819
BullsMedium and Large 1—385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
BullsMedium and Large 1—456132.96/cwt125.00–137.006065
BullsMedium and Large 2—523118.60/cwt116.00–123.006203
BullsMedium and Large 1—315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
BullsMedium and Large 1—522124.34/cwt120.00–131.006493
BullsMedium and Large 2—370138.50/cwt138.00–139.005122
Bulls——1,780100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7801
SteersMedium and Large 2—490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
SteersMedium and Large 1—265155.00/cwt155.00–155.004111
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11548.50/cwt48.50–48.505411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26260.60/cwt60.00–61.507653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610111.00/cwt108.00–114.006772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332124.26/cwt121.00–127.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515122.50/cwt122.50–122.506311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508111.97/cwt110.00–114.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—255142.50/cwt142.50–142.503631
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368124.97/cwt124.00–126.004602
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477119.96/cwt117.00–122.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418118.47/cwt114.00–122.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428123.67/cwt122.50–124.505293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558102.32/cwt90.00–110.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323134.58/cwt130.00–137.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465115.70/cwt113.00–120.005383

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.