Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-10-04

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 200▲ 10 vs year ago 93 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 44▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

C0mpared to last weed steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.17/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$119.17
34 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439125.785529thin
Medium and Large 1449121.7154618thin
Medium and Large 2516104.125377thin
One grade step is worth $21.66/cwt here — about $15 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
119.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
123.69
−4.53
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%Average1,30960.647944thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11547.685322thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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—512120.64/cwt119.00–123.006183
BullsMedium and Large 1—384143.22/cwt139.00–146.005504
BullsMedium and Large 1—416136.68/cwt134.00–139.505695
BullsMedium and Large 1—655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1—705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—489124.76/cwt124.00–125.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—64098.00/cwt98.00–98.006273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571125.50/cwt125.50–125.507173
SteersMedium and Large 1—617125.00/cwt123.00–128.007713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473122.83/cwt122.50–123.005813
SteersMedium and Large 1—538125.74/cwt125.00–126.506762
SteersMedium and Large 1—430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428127.00/cwt126.00–129.005444
SteersMedium and Large 1—490140.23/cwt138.00–142.506872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—387128.50/cwt128.50–128.504972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—454125.00/cwt125.00–125.005687
BullsMedium and Large 1—310151.00/cwt151.00–151.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1—473129.46/cwt128.00–131.006122
BullsMedium and Large 2—473115.99/cwt112.00–120.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533115.06/cwt110.00–118.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270118.44/cwt110.00–126.003202
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565106.00/cwt106.00–106.005991
BullsMedium and Large 2—515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005771
BullsMedium and Large 2—380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005241
BullsMedium and Large 2—410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 1—336127.02/cwt125.00–129.004274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57598.97/cwt98.00–100.005692
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,365880.00/cwt880.00–880.0012,0121
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30960.64/cwt59.50–63.007944
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11547.68/cwt45.00–50.005322

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.