Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-07-25

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 25
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 65▼ 62 vs year ago 146 · −42.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly steady, slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.35/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$162.35
25 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.33
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443170.297547thin
Medium and Large 1-2576163.0093916thin
Medium and Large 2373129.404832thin
One grade step is worth $40.89/cwt here — about $271 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 sale25 hd
162.35
—
MS average13 barns · 984 hd
162.69
−0.33
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%Average1,23067.008241thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90054.854945thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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—483157.98/cwt150.00–166.007634
BullsMedium and Large 1—408164.90/cwt159.00–176.006733
BullsMedium and Large 1—520150.54/cwt142.00–155.007833
BullsMedium and Large 1—623141.80/cwt135.00–149.008832
BullsMedium and Large 2—235161.00/cwt161.00–161.003781
BullsMedium and Large 2—380149.18/cwt135.00–163.005672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—576163.00/cwt163.00–163.0093916
SteersMedium and Large 1—380175.01/cwt174.00–176.006652
SteersMedium and Large 2—373129.40/cwt120.00–140.004832
SteersMedium and Large 1—335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562137.00/cwt137.00–137.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630144.00/cwt144.00–144.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670139.00/cwt139.00–139.009311
SteersMedium and Large 1—600164.00/cwt164.00–164.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1—450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405132.00/cwt132.00–132.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335153.37/cwt149.00–158.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471139.63/cwt133.00–148.006586
HeifersMedium and Large 2—780124.00/cwt124.00–124.009671
SteersMedium and Large 1—410174.00/cwt174.00–174.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385149.50/cwt149.00–150.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1—570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008211
BullsMedium and Large 2—470131.39/cwt128.00–135.006182
BullsMedium and Large 2—440139.00/cwt139.00–139.006121
SteersMedium and Large 1—545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508144.94/cwt135.00–153.007365
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23067.00/cwt67.00–67.008241
CowsLean 85-90%—90558.56/cwt50.00–66.005304
CowsLean 85-90%—88040.00/cwt40.00–40.003521

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.