Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-08-15

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 102▲ 13 vs year ago 138 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 22▲ 21 vs year ago 40 · +52.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 5▼ 5 vs year ago 16 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were steady to $7 higher, Heifers steady to $6higher, Bull calves higher 2-8, sslaughter cows and bulls steady to $6 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $174.49/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$174.49
57 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415183.8976421
Medium and Large 1-2446175.0078018thin
Medium and Large 2413162.9967218thin
One grade step is worth $20.90/cwt here — about $92 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 sale57 hd
174.49
—
MS average13 barns · 580 hd
151.85
+22.64
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—Low1,658108.131,7926thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23281.741,00724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02571.8473614

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,197$1,2906
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,420$1,2501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)895$8301thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422157.12/cwt154.00–163.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005661
SteersMedium and Large 2—540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—505169.50/cwt169.50–169.508562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—487141.00/cwt141.00–141.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375158.59/cwt152.00–163.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477154.06/cwt147.00–164.007355
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573141.01/cwt137.00–146.008083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—366166.00/cwt166.00–166.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—342149.64/cwt145.00–154.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—240166.00/cwt166.00–166.003981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008321
SteersMedium and Large 1—450191.00/cwt191.00–191.008601
SteersMedium and Large 1—560164.00/cwt164.00–164.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—495173.00/cwt173.00–173.008566
SteersMedium and Large 2—355166.00/cwt166.00–166.005891
SteersMedium and Large 2—595145.00/cwt145.00–145.008631
BullsMedium and Large 1—615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009531
BullsMedium and Large 1—338207.85/cwt199.00–219.007033
BullsMedium and Large 1—360195.00/cwt193.00–199.007023
BullsMedium and Large 1—285208.04/cwt207.00–209.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1—432178.80/cwt166.00–190.007727
BullsMedium and Large 1—550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008361
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02571.84/cwt65.50–77.0073614
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18580.96/cwt75.00–85.0095920
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,46685.67/cwt85.00–87.001,2564
Bulls——1,32577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0201
Bulls——1,724114.36/cwt110.00–119.001,9725
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—895830.00/head830.00–830.008301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—725104.48/cwt94.00–128.007573
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1971,290.01/head1,200.00–1,340.001,2906
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4201,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
BullsMedium and Large 2—430159.50/cwt154.00–165.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2—477160.93/cwt158.00–167.007686
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568160.00/cwt160.00–160.009094
BullsMedium and Large 2—210186.00/cwt186.00–186.003911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—381187.00/cwt187.00–187.007128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—450169.00/cwt169.00–169.007616
BullsMedium and Large 1—468169.64/cwt163.00–178.007944
BullsMedium and Large 2—518148.94/cwt145.00–155.007723
BullsMedium and Large 2—395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2—285150.35/cwt140.00–160.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332163.08/cwt160.00–169.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633143.55/cwt139.00–148.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—542147.35/cwt145.00–152.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—447158.00/cwt158.00–158.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—255156.00/cwt156.00–156.003981
BullsMedium and Large 2—325185.27/cwt180.00–189.006023

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.