Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 50▼ 3 vs year ago 128 · −2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 5▼ 8 vs year ago 80 · −10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 0▼ 98 vs year ago 248 · −39.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders were steady, Slaughter cows and bulls were higher 3 to 7. Replacements sold really well.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.00/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$146.00
29 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.45
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502155.007784thin
Medium and Large 1443154.0268211thin
Medium and Large 2496137.1468014thin
One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $98 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 sale29 hd
146.00
—
MS average13 barns · 440 hd
136.56
+9.45
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—Average1,834111.762,0497thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25684.601,06325
CowsLean 85-90%Average92361.7357010

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,0899
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,134$9643thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,155$9301thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,089$9217
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,225$9182thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)945$8801thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$8402thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)958$8392thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,023$8182thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)984$1,8887
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,296$1,14328
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,078$1,1378
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,204$8625
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,210$8302thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,029$8329

Every lot, as filed

60 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 2—382145.24/cwt126.00–160.005553
BullsMedium and Large 2—900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375125.87/cwt121.00–132.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
BullsMedium and Large 2—680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
BullsMedium and Large 2—430129.00/cwt129.00–129.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2—475139.80/cwt132.00–150.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477138.12/cwt131.00–149.006595
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363135.17/cwt130.00–140.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455110.00/cwt110.00–110.005011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526133.55/cwt130.00–136.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613113.01/cwt111.00–115.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426136.37/cwt130.00–146.005814
SteersMedium and Large 1—560163.86/cwt156.00–172.009182
SteersMedium and Large 1—378178.14/cwt175.00–181.006732
SteersMedium and Large 2—625133.00/cwt133.00–133.008311
SteersMedium and Large 1—425174.91/cwt169.00–185.007433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330135.00/cwt135.00–135.004461
SteersMedium and Large 1—460170.00/cwt170.00–170.007821
SteersMedium and Large 2—465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
SteersMedium and Large 2—510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007401
SteersMedium and Large 2—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1—325169.00/cwt169.00–169.005491
BullsMedium and Large 1—515143.01/cwt142.00–144.007372
BullsMedium and Large 1—380167.52/cwt166.00–169.006372
BullsMedium and Large 1—660138.00/cwt138.00–138.009111
BullsMedium and Large 1—410155.71/cwt150.00–159.006383
BullsMedium and Large 1—295173.00/cwt173.00–173.005101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—502155.00/cwt155.00–155.007784
BullsMedium and Large 1—570126.00/cwt126.00–126.007181
BullsMedium and Large 2—320155.00/cwt155.00–155.004962
BullsMedium and Large 2—625130.49/cwt130.00–131.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—9841,887.76/head1,250.00–2,250.001,8887
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2941,192.96/head1,100.00–1,250.001,19315
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—845834.76/head750.00–900.008352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3351,105.00/head1,105.00–1,105.001,1051
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1201,263.56/head1,200.00–1,380.001,2645
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4911,300.94/head1,255.00–1,400.001,3016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—805530.00/head530.00–530.005301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155930.00/head930.00–930.009301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,029831.83/head775.00–950.008329
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,023818.19/head800.00–840.008182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—958838.67/head690.00–950.008392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,089920.62/head910.00–950.009217
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,225918.29/head840.00–980.009182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150840.00/head840.00–840.008402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1831,089.15/head700.00–1,335.001,0899
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,210830.00/head830.00–830.008302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085771.89/head700.00–830.007722
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,283922.71/head905.00–960.009233
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,134899.42/head750.00–950.008997
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—945880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2981,181.62/head1,140.00–1,220.001,1822
Bulls——1,619106.24/cwt95.00–110.001,7204
Bulls——2,120119.11/cwt117.00–120.502,5253
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17977.14/cwt70.00–83.0090910
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30889.58/cwt82.50–97.001,17215
CowsLean 85-90%—92361.73/cwt52.00–70.0057010

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.