Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-08-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 30
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 92▼ 148 vs year ago 183 · −80.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 22▲ 3 vs year ago 29 · +10.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a lighter run due to weather, not enough data to call trend on feeders, sluagter cattle looked steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.07/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$134.07
9 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2399135.205394thin
Medium and Large 1482133.176425thin
One grade step is worth $2.03/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale9 hd
134.07
—
MS average10 barns · 401 hd
134.82
−0.75
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—Average1,68584.281,4202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15364.2374111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09558.7464317

Every lot, as filed

22 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
BullsMedium and Large 1—455136.92/cwt130.00–144.006232
BullsMedium and Large 2—368136.93/cwt135.00–140.005043
BullsMedium and Large 1—530124.00/cwt124.00–124.006571
BullsMedium and Large 1—595118.00/cwt118.00–118.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2—490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2—413144.85/cwt140.00–150.005982
SteersMedium and Large 1—530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375128.00/cwt128.00–128.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360131.50/cwt131.50–131.504731
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265128.00/cwt128.00–128.003391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—742101.00/cwt101.00–101.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523120.73/cwt120.00–121.506312
SteersMedium and Large 1—565134.50/cwt134.50–134.507601
SteersMedium and Large 2—495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,235700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,6451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3451,245.00/cwt1,245.00–1,245.0016,7451
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28570.50/cwt70.50–70.509061
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09558.74/cwt50.00–66.5064317
Bulls——1,68584.28/cwt82.50–86.501,4202
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14063.60/cwt60.50–68.5072510

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.