Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 118▼ 97 vs year ago 184 · −52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 20▼ 28 vs year ago 47 · −59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 3 vs year ago 12 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.04/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$122.04
29 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.17
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386126.0148723
Medium and Large 2409109.004464thin
Medium and Large 3380102.503902thin
One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $97 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 sale29 hd
122.04
—
MS average12 barns · 875 hd
113.87
+8.17
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24144.705557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10234.823846thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1Fancy—435166.00/cwt166.00–166.007222
BullsMedium and Large 1—332141.24/cwt138.00–145.004693
BullsMedium and Large 1—355139.26/cwt134.00–150.004943
BullsMedium and Large 1—453118.31/cwt115.00–120.005363
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,245750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
BullsMedium and Large 2—295125.00/cwt125.00–125.003691
BullsMedium and Large 2—350126.00/cwt123.00–129.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408119.47/cwt118.00–121.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495114.75/cwt114.50–115.005682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—228129.61/cwt125.00–135.002964
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—960650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,2401
SteersMedium and Large 1—545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
BullsMedium and Large 3—340109.00/cwt109.00–109.003711
BullsMedium and Large 2—540103.00/cwt103.00–103.005561
BullsMedium and Large 2—475111.01/cwt110.00–112.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—312124.70/cwt121.00–127.003893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275119.00/cwt119.00–119.003271
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519113.76/cwt112.00–115.005905
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10234.82/cwt30.00–39.503846
SteersMedium and Large 2—410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—50096.00/cwt96.00–96.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369127.63/cwt123.00–131.004714
BullsMedium and Large 2—63596.00/cwt96.00–96.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1—680111.50/cwt111.50–111.507582
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24144.70/cwt40.00–49.505557
BullsMedium and Large 3—385107.00/cwt107.00–107.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002591
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52595.00/cwt95.00–95.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430110.50/cwt110.00–111.004752
BullsMedium and Large 2—340135.48/cwt134.00–137.004612

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.