Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-08-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 89▼ 22 vs year ago 124 · −17.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 15▲ 7 vs year ago 15 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 29 vs year ago 34 · −85.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were higher 8-16, heifers higher 10-15, slaughter cows were higher 4-8.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.55/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$151.55
33 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.29
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472153.2472330
Medium and Large 2425134.675723thin
One grade step is worth $18.57/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 sale33 hd
151.55
—
MS average13 barns · 847 hd
144.26
+7.29
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—Average1,65086.501,4271thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03879.818289thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93458.505476thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,445$1,2401thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$9401thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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—305198.00/cwt198.00–198.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1—515157.00/cwt157.00–157.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1—458176.93/cwt173.00–181.008102
BullsMedium and Large 1—373190.62/cwt185.00–202.007113
BullsMedium and Large 2—320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2—240164.00/cwt150.00–178.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—295144.00/cwt144.00–144.004251
SteersMedium and Large 1—335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
SteersMedium and Large 1—378195.43/cwt184.00–203.007393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—721158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1393
SteersMedium and Large 1—430186.67/cwt170.00–191.508035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427157.01/cwt146.50–165.006709
SteersMedium and Large 1—458178.74/cwt171.00–184.008193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—770151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1632
SteersMedium and Large 1—512180.00/cwt180.00–180.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—962125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340163.00/cwt163.00–163.005541
BullsMedium and Large 2—290183.00/cwt183.00–183.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379157.80/cwt152.00–172.005987
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513151.93/cwt149.00–155.007794
BullsMedium and Large 2—470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007851
BullsMedium and Large 1—428177.04/cwt165.00–185.007586
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610132.00/cwt132.00–132.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466154.67/cwt147.00–160.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683141.00/cwt141.00–141.009633
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—995940.00/head940.00–940.009401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4451,240.00/head1,240.00–1,240.001,2401
Bulls——1,65086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,4271
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03879.81/cwt75.00–88.008289
CowsLean 85-90%—97962.00/cwt56.00–70.006074
CowsLean 85-90%—84551.50/cwt50.00–53.004352

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.