Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-10-26

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 178▼ 41 vs year ago 159 · −25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 7 vs year ago 13 · +53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers were steady and there was not enough comparable data for a trend on feeder heifers. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $116.59/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$116.59
34 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.13
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485120.5958524
Medium and Large 2558108.126039thin
Medium and Large 346597.004511thin
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $134 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 sale34 hd
116.59
—
MS average13 barns · 1,025 hd
126.72
−10.13
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—Average1,75773.061,2833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99245.534525thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92138.673566thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2—430103.64/cwt103.00–105.004463
BullsMedium and Large 2—58590.00/cwt90.00–90.005271
BullsMedium and Large 2—425112.00/cwt112.00–112.004761
SteersMedium and Large 2—295128.00/cwt128.00–128.003781
BullsMedium and Large 1—372125.63/cwt123.00–129.504673
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463109.00/cwt109.00–109.005052
SteersMedium and Large 1—513120.45/cwt118.00–126.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465102.04/cwt100.00–104.004742
SteersMedium and Large 1—684106.55/cwt103.00–110.007292
BullsMedium and Large 2—66887.21/cwt85.00–89.505832
SteersMedium and Large 1—565109.59/cwt107.00–112.506194
SteersMedium and Large 1—475126.02/cwt125.00–127.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325128.55/cwt127.00–130.004182
BullsMedium and Large 2—475105.00/cwt105.00–105.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530104.00/cwt104.00–104.005512
SteersMedium and Large 1—323137.92/cwt136.00–140.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414110.48/cwt109.00–112.004574
SteersMedium and Large 1—430125.49/cwt124.00–127.005404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,170770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,0091
BullsMedium and Large 1—478106.71/cwt105.00–110.005103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,085610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,6191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—935700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,208555.26/cwt550.00–560.006,7082
BullsMedium and Large 1—305132.11/cwt128.50–138.004033
BullsMedium and Large 1—440121.00/cwt121.00–121.005321
BullsMedium and Large 2—328122.50/cwt122.00–123.004022
SteersMedium and Large 1—381126.40/cwt125.00–128.004824
SteersMedium and Large 2—70590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305113.00/cwt113.00–113.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63585.00/cwt85.00–85.005401
SteersMedium and Large 2—67094.50/cwt94.50–94.506331
SteersMedium and Large 2—75385.00/cwt85.00–85.006401
SteersMedium and Large 1—615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006461
BullsMedium and Large 3—52080.00/cwt80.00–80.004161
BullsMedium and Large 2—375115.72/cwt114.00–118.004343
HeifersMedium and Large 3—50389.50/cwt89.00–90.004502
BullsMedium and Large 2—62592.00/cwt92.00–92.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528100.23/cwt98.00–103.005294
BullsMedium and Large 2—53393.56/cwt91.00–96.004992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371108.42/cwt104.00–114.004024
BullsMedium and Large 3—45585.00/cwt85.00–85.003871
Bulls——1,95074.84/cwt73.00–76.501,4592
BullsMedium and Large 3—55580.00/cwt80.00–80.004441
BullsMedium and Large 3—44598.50/cwt91.00–106.004382
SteersMedium and Large 2—520115.11/cwt112.00–117.005995
Bulls—Light Weight—1,37069.50/cwt69.50–69.509521
CowsBoner 80-85%—99245.53/cwt44.00–47.504525
CowsLean 85-90%—92138.67/cwt31.50–40.003566
SteersMedium and Large 3—46597.00/cwt97.00–97.004511
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47585.00/cwt85.00–85.004041
HeifersMedium and Large 3—43094.00/cwt94.00–94.004042

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.