Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 141▼ 41 vs year ago 184 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 8 vs year ago 26 · −30.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 47▲ 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders steers and heifers were unvenly steady. Slaughter cows steady to 3 higher, bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.14/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$122.14
30 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.38
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439128.2156316thin
Medium and Large 2450115.6952110thin
Medium and Large 2-3447114.005104thin
One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $53 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
122.14
—
MS average13 barns · 1,185 hd
124.52
−2.38
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—Average1,41476.291,0794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14057.226525thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90439.413564thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468124.24/cwt123.00–126.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413132.70/cwt129.00–139.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515118.49/cwt118.00–119.006102
SteersMedium and Large 1—430141.67/cwt140.00–143.006093
SteersMedium and Large 1—555131.98/cwt130.00–134.007322
SteersMedium and Large 2—388133.50/cwt133.50–133.505184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360108.00/cwt108.00–108.003891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374133.01/cwt130.00–136.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520121.77/cwt120.00–123.506332
SteersMedium and Large 2—563122.44/cwt120.00–125.006892
SteersMedium and Large 2—525123.85/cwt120.00–128.006502
SteersMedium and Large 2—735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
SteersMedium and Large 1—320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—447114.00/cwt114.00–114.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583108.96/cwt105.00–112.006353
SteersMedium and Large 2—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
SteersMedium and Large 2—463127.08/cwt124.00–130.005882
SteersMedium and Large 2—285147.00/cwt147.00–147.004191
BullsMedium and Large 2—571102.74/cwt100.00–106.005874
BullsMedium and Large 2—540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
BullsMedium and Large 2—635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2—310149.00/cwt149.00–149.004622
BullsMedium and Large 2—373131.17/cwt121.00–138.004893
BullsMedium and Large 1—340147.00/cwt147.00–147.005001
SteersMedium and Large 1—528140.00/cwt140.00–140.007392
SteersMedium and Large 2—66599.43/cwt90.00–110.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340128.00/cwt128.00–128.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
BullsMedium and Large 1—515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1—422140.30/cwt135.00–147.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335125.00/cwt125.00–125.004192
BullsMedium and Large 2—73090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
BullsMedium and Large 2—483116.48/cwt113.00–120.005632
BullsMedium and Large 1—370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
BullsMedium and Large 2—270146.03/cwt138.00–155.003942
BullsMedium and Large 2—400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235115.00/cwt115.00–115.002701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,7991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020671.47/cwt650.00–690.006,8492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,350620.00/cwt620.00–620.008,3701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—885680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,0181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—953632.02/cwt520.00–740.006,0232
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—823458.27/cwt430.00–480.003,7722
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—68530.00/cwt30.00–30.002061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14057.22/cwt55.00–59.006525
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02347.56/cwt46.00–50.004872
Bulls——1,40079.55/cwt74.50–85.001,1143
Bulls——1,45566.50/cwt66.50–66.509681
CowsLean 85-90%—88532.50/cwt32.50–32.502881

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.