Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-10-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 17
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 176▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 44▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 1-4 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.40/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$145.40
44 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439147.5764733
Medium and Large 1-2516144.007434thin
Medium and Large 2407135.945547thin
One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $94 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 sale44 hd
145.40
—
MS average13 barns · 729 hd
130.87
+14.53
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—Average1,52986.591,3244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12762.977109thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05743.2245710

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$5722thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$5151thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,115$5701thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—533154.35/cwt147.00–164.008233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470137.10/cwt125.00–148.006446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432131.75/cwt122.00–137.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520113.00/cwt113.00–113.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—288127.00/cwt125.00–129.003663
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365133.00/cwt133.00–133.004851
SteersMedium and Large 2—373141.01/cwt138.00–145.005263
SteersMedium and Large 2—255155.43/cwt152.00–159.003962
SteersMedium and Large 1—371161.46/cwt150.00–169.005997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486162.00/cwt162.00–162.007873
SteersMedium and Large 2—425139.00/cwt139.00–139.005911
SteersMedium and Large 2—345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
SteersMedium and Large 1—320163.00/cwt163.00–163.005221
SteersMedium and Large 1—614160.00/cwt160.00–160.009828
SteersMedium and Large 1—405162.00/cwt162.00–162.006561
SteersMedium and Large 2—560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2—480132.53/cwt130.00–135.006362
BullsMedium and Large 1—520137.94/cwt136.00–140.007172
BullsMedium and Large 1—675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
BullsMedium and Large 1—466142.94/cwt134.00–148.006667
BullsMedium and Large 1—414147.62/cwt140.00–150.0061114
BullsMedium and Large 1—600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1—560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365136.41/cwt130.00–143.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575128.07/cwt124.00–132.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—607142.00/cwt142.00–142.008626
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280116.07/cwt112.00–120.003252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533129.00/cwt125.00–132.006886
BullsMedium and Large 2—500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516144.00/cwt144.00–144.007434
BullsMedium and Large 1—332163.03/cwt160.00–167.005413
BullsMedium and Large 1—386161.16/cwt152.00–170.006224
BullsMedium and Large 2—375139.49/cwt139.00–140.005232
BullsMedium and Large 2—473126.79/cwt119.00–135.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2—445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006411
BullsMedium and Large 2—210155.00/cwt155.00–155.003261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,020515.00/head515.00–515.005151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,320800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—988571.65/head520.00–620.005722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,115570.00/head570.00–570.005701
Bulls——1,52986.59/cwt83.00–90.501,3244
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12762.97/cwt58.00–68.007109
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07151.06/cwt50.00–55.005475
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04235.38/cwt31.00–38.503695

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.