Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-01-31

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 31
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 133▲ 46 vs year ago 84 · +54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were steady to 4 higher, heifers were steady. Slaughter market was to light tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.21/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$136.21
41 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.61
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465143.7866914thin
Medium and Large 1422135.0357021
Medium and Large 2423122.675186thin
One grade step is worth $21.11/cwt here — about $150 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 sale41 hd
136.21
—
MS average13 barns · 1,177 hd
140.82
−4.61
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%High1,54574.501,1511thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94560.755742thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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—235178.00/cwt178.00–178.004181
BullsMedium and Large 1—255179.00/cwt179.00–179.004561
BullsMedium and Large 1—610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007261
BullsMedium and Large 1—318176.01/cwt175.00–177.005602
BullsMedium and Large 1—461161.16/cwt149.00–174.007435
BullsMedium and Large 1—437169.60/cwt165.00–175.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480164.00/cwt164.00–164.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518126.49/cwt124.00–129.006552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526167.50/cwt167.50–167.508816
SteersMedium and Large 2—330164.57/cwt160.00–169.005432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—576155.00/cwt155.00–155.008933
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270146.55/cwt144.00–149.003962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—400114.00/cwt114.00–114.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415129.64/cwt129.00–131.005383
SteersMedium and Large 1—377180.46/cwt177.00–184.006803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—430179.00/cwt179.00–179.007702
SteersMedium and Large 2—475136.50/cwt130.00–143.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315125.00/cwt125.00–125.003941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315141.65/cwt138.00–151.004464
BullsMedium and Large 2—335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—357140.00/cwt140.00–140.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—591130.01/cwt120.00–135.007683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—536151.00/cwt151.00–151.008097
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473131.99/cwt130.00–136.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2—490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—409135.18/cwt134.00–136.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004972
BullsMedium and Large 2—82390.00/cwt90.00–90.007413
BullsMedium and Large 2—520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2—360164.00/cwt164.00–164.005901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—375170.50/cwt170.50–170.506393
BullsMedium and Large 1—390171.85/cwt160.00–184.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373138.69/cwt131.00–143.005173
BullsMedium and Large 2—400164.00/cwt164.00–164.006561
BullsMedium and Large 2—620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,54574.50/cwt74.50–74.501,1511
CowsLean 85-90%—94560.75/cwt57.50–63.505742

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.