Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend, but looked cheaper.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.37/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$117.37

30 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.04

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	444	122.51	544	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	114.33	658	6thin
Medium and Large 2	399	113.74	454	12thin

One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $90 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 sale30 hd

117.37

—

MS average13 barns · 1,061 hd

122.41

−5.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	57.50	727	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	41.93	385	4thin

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	730	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	219	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	57.50/cwt	56.00–60.50	727	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	45.90/cwt	40.00–48.50	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	118.77/cwt	115.50–122.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	129.02/cwt	126.00–131.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	121.57/cwt	120.00–123.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	104.47/cwt	99.00–110.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	129.84/cwt	127.50–132.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	122.01/cwt	120.00–123.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	112.71/cwt	100.00–120.00	489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	113.03/cwt	109.00–115.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	120.51/cwt	119.00–122.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	132.62/cwt	131.00–135.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	386	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Apr 26, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 19Year ago 233

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 26

Not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend, but looked cheaper.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	30.00	30.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	56.00–60.50	57.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	40.00–48.50	45.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	115.50–122.00	118.77
2	—	405	120.00	120.00
3	—	387	127.50–132.00	129.84
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
2	—	463	119.00–122.00	120.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	114.00	114.00
2	—	530	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	120.00	120.00
2	—	283	120.00–123.00	121.57
2	—	493	99.00–110.00	104.47
1	—	575	106.00	106.00
1	—	340	122.00	122.00
1	—	370	114.00	114.00
4	—	434	100.00–120.00	112.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	135.00	135.00
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
3	—	532	126.00–131.00	129.02
3	—	472	131.00–135.00	132.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	156.00	156.00
1	—	440	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
3	—	510	120.00–123.00	122.01
2	—	470	130.00–131.00	130.52
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
3	—	715	109.00–115.00	113.03
1	—	280	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	129.50	129.50
2	—	607	128.50	128.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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