Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly steady, Slaughter cows were lower 4-6, Slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.60/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$123.60

20 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$46.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.61

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	328	140.90	462	3thin
Medium and Large 1	438	139.61	612	7thin
Medium and Large 2	423	126.00	532	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	486	94.67	460	6thin

One grade step is worth $46.23/cwt here — about $2 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 sale20 hd

123.60

—

MS average13 barns · 1,266 hd

143.20

−19.61

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,374	96.95	1,332	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	80.19	886	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	884	52.84	467	6thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	179.50/cwt	179.00–180.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	154.54/cwt	151.00–158.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	148.45/cwt	146.00–151.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	144.67/cwt	140.00–149.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	140.90/cwt	136.00–150.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	10,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,449	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	849.16/cwt	700.00–960.00	9,511	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,705	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	705.47/cwt	690.00–720.00	7,358	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	745	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,470	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,854	1
Bulls	—	—	1,296	93.69/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,214	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	80.19/cwt	75.00–85.50	886	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	57.16/cwt	54.50–60.00	489	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	44.20/cwt	41.00–48.50	417	2

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 Apr 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 149Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 62Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 38Year ago 15

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly steady, Slaughter cows were lower 4-6, Slaughter bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	133.00	133.00
1	—	380	167.00	167.00
2	—	430	151.00–158.00	154.54
1	—	520	147.50	147.50
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	177.50	177.50
1	—	575	146.00	146.00
1	—	475	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	149.00	149.00
2	—	378	185.00	185.00
2	—	320	179.00–180.00	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
2	—	502	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	179.00	179.00
4	—	368	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	126.00	126.00
1	—	450	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	577	90.00	90.00
4	—	440	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	116.00	116.00
1	—	400	151.00	151.00
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
2	—	388	146.00–151.00	148.45
2	—	323	140.00–149.00	144.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	136.00–150.00	140.90

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,120	700.00–960.00	849.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,043	690.00–720.00	705.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,296	90.00–100.00	93.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,105	75.00–85.50	80.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	855	54.50–60.00	57.16
2	—	943	41.00–48.50	44.20

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle