Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-09-21

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 21
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 83▼ 4 vs year ago 117 · −3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold higher 1.00 to 4.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.36/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$118.36
40 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.07
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436123.9154027
Medium and Large 1-2627112.507054thin
Medium and Large 2493109.005376thin
Medium and Large 358095.005513thin
One grade step is worth $28.91/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale40 hd
118.36
—
MS average11 barns · 1,017 hd
118.43
−0.07
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—Average1,89092.381,7462thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14253.5761210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07345.764913thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564116.47/cwt111.00–124.006574
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340122.51/cwt122.00–123.004172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72295.00/cwt95.00–95.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430117.00/cwt117.00–117.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—627112.50/cwt112.50–112.507054
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467121.26/cwt115.00–126.505665
SteersMedium and Large 1—388149.37/cwt143.00–156.005802
SteersMedium and Large 2—750111.00/cwt111.00–111.008331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—641122.00/cwt122.00–122.007824
SteersMedium and Large 1—521130.76/cwt130.00–132.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56095.00/cwt95.00–95.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268133.17/cwt129.00–137.003573
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—935700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5451
SteersMedium and Large 1—479138.08/cwt135.00–139.506614
SteersMedium and Large 1—560130.48/cwt127.00–133.007313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—537115.50/cwt115.50–115.506204
BullsMedium and Large 1—650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1—475127.16/cwt124.50–130.006042
BullsMedium and Large 1—400141.00/cwt140.00–142.005642
BullsMedium and Large 1—325156.49/cwt156.00–157.005092
BullsMedium and Large 1—255153.00/cwt153.00–153.003901
BullsMedium and Large 3—390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
BullsMedium and Large 2—475113.48/cwt113.00–114.005392
BullsMedium and Large 2—305140.00/cwt140.00–140.004271
BullsMedium and Large 2—275143.00/cwt143.00–143.003931
BullsMedium and Large 3—530107.67/cwt106.00–110.005713
BullsMedium and Large 3—475109.28/cwt106.00–112.005193
BullsMedium and Large 3—425116.46/cwt115.00–118.004952
Bulls——1,89092.38/cwt90.50–94.251,7462
BullsMedium and Large 2—420125.12/cwt120.00–130.005262
BullsMedium and Large 2—670107.00/cwt107.00–107.007171
BullsMedium and Large 2—645102.00/cwt102.00–102.006581
BullsMedium and Large 2—580106.00/cwt106.00–106.006151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420124.53/cwt122.00–129.005234
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522122.73/cwt119.00–129.506413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605107.00/cwt107.00–107.006471
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07345.76/cwt45.00–47.504913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10952.24/cwt50.00–55.005799
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44065.50/cwt65.50–65.509431
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68086.00/cwt86.00–86.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500104.00/cwt104.00–104.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455111.00/cwt110.00–112.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369131.09/cwt124.00–135.004845

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.