Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady to 3lower, heifers were steady; Slaughter cows were steady to 4 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.84/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$124.84

36 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.96

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	385	138.00	531	1thin
Medium and Large 1	420	134.03	563	16thin
Medium and Large 2	438	117.20	513	18thin
Medium and Large 3	590	102.00	602	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale36 hd

124.84

—

MS average13 barns · 1,248 hd

129.80

−4.96

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	1,154	62.65	723	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,603	57.57	923	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	56.96	615	18

Every lot, as filed

44 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	62.65/cwt	60.00–65.50	723	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	57.57/cwt	55.00–60.00	923	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	56.96/cwt	50.00–60.00	615	18
Heifers	Medium 1	—	385	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.56/cwt	128.00–131.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	156.50/cwt	155.00–158.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	141.66/cwt	141.00–143.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	140.17/cwt	136.50–144.00	596	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,251.12/cwt	1,000.00–1,400.00	16,202	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	134.10/cwt	130.00–136.50	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	154.02/cwt	149.00–158.00	627	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	13,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	122.29/cwt	116.00–131.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	134.48/cwt	131.00–138.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	130.31/cwt	128.00–133.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	154.95/cwt	149.00–159.00	510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	132.56/cwt	124.00–139.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	114.91/cwt	110.00–120.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	113.45/cwt	112.00–115.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	154.75/cwt	150.00–158.00	723	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	138.16/cwt	132.00–145.00	862	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	121.62/cwt	120.00–124.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	113.04/cwt	110.00–119.00	537	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,338.82/cwt	1,295.00–1,380.00	16,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	135.81/cwt	130.00–139.00	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	132.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	133.72/cwt	120.00–148.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	127.46/cwt	120.00–135.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	119.75/cwt	119.50–120.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	302	138.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	125.49/cwt	124.00–127.00	728	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,216.00/cwt	1,065.00–1,250.00	13,960	5

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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 124Year ago 45

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 15Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 34Year ago 5

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady to 3lower, heifers were steady; Slaughter cows were steady to 4 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,154	60.00–65.50	62.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,603	55.00–60.00	57.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,080	50.00–60.00	56.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	460	130.00–136.50	134.10
3	—	427	128.00–133.00	130.31
6	—	369	130.00–139.00	135.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	116.00–131.00	122.29
1	—	240	127.00	127.00
1	—	610	114.00	114.00
2	—	423	110.00–120.00	114.91
2	—	570	112.00–115.00	113.45
3	—	377	120.00–124.00	121.62
5	—	475	110.00–119.00	113.04
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
2	—	523	128.00–131.00	129.56
3	—	425	136.50–144.00	140.17
4	—	329	149.00–159.00	154.95
5	—	467	124.00–139.00	132.56
2	—	580	124.00–127.00	125.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	130.00	130.00
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
2	—	490	119.50–120.00	119.75
3	—	302	135.00–145.00	138.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	155.00–158.00	156.50
3	—	507	141.00–143.00	141.66
1	—	670	133.00	133.00
1	—	390	159.00	159.00
1	—	290	162.00	162.00
5	—	407	149.00–158.00	154.02
5	—	467	150.00–158.00	154.75
7	—	624	132.00–145.00	138.16
1	—	760	134.00	134.00
2	—	565	130.00–134.00	132.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	131.00–138.00	134.48
2	—	373	120.00–148.00	133.72
2	—	503	120.00–135.00	127.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,295	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,251.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	935.00	935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	1,185.00	1,185.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	1,295.00–1,380.00	1,338.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,148	1,065.00–1,250.00	1,216.00

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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Grenada Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle