Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-12-19

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 19
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 69▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 13 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 SOLD MOSTLY STEADY TO $7 HIGHER. sLAUGHTER COWS SOLD STEADY.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.59/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$132.59
23 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2
$26.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.63
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532141.007502thin
Medium and Large 1406139.8556710thin
Medium and Large 2360125.4045110thin
Small and Medium 2285115.003281thin
One grade step is worth $26.00/cwt here — about $422 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 sale23 hd
132.59
—
MS average12 barns · 1,241 hd
156.22
−23.63
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%Average1,02565.006661thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94951.634906thin

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)1,033$8362thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,031$7912thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$6583thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$6423thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$5401thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$6001thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—990600.00/head600.00–600.006001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02565.00/cwt65.00–65.006661
CowsLean 85-90%—98156.46/cwt55.00–60.005544
CowsLean 85-90%—88541.97/cwt41.00–43.003712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100800.00/head800.00–800.008001
BullsMedium and Large 2—420157.00/cwt157.00–157.006591
HeifersSmall and Medium 2—285115.00/cwt115.00–115.003281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—532141.00/cwt141.00–141.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455130.51/cwt130.00–131.005942
BullsMedium and Large 1—735124.00/cwt124.00–124.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375117.99/cwt117.00–120.004423
SteersMedium and Large 1—425184.15/cwt177.00–200.007834
SteersMedium and Large 1—645150.00/cwt150.00–150.009681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—334130.01/cwt125.00–133.004346
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368144.52/cwt144.00–145.005322
BullsMedium and Large 2—355172.50/cwt172.50–172.506121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325142.37/cwt140.00–148.004634
SteersMedium and Large 2—320163.89/cwt155.00–172.505242
SteersMedium and Large 2—435157.50/cwt157.50–157.506851
SteersMedium and Large 1—330188.00/cwt188.00–188.006201
SteersMedium and Large 1—384187.85/cwt182.50–195.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—400141.00/cwt141.00–141.005641
SteersMedium and Large 1—460192.49/cwt192.00–193.008852
SteersMedium and Large 1—528188.16/cwt180.00–191.009935
SteersMedium and Large 1—583161.12/cwt152.00–170.009392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710138.00/cwt138.00–138.009801
BullsMedium and Large 2—595146.00/cwt146.00–146.008691
BullsMedium and Large 2—215154.78/cwt140.00–171.003332
BullsMedium and Large 1—365185.58/cwt180.00–191.006772
BullsMedium and Large 1—430177.00/cwt175.00–179.007612
BullsMedium and Large 1—600148.00/cwt148.00–148.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1—450179.00/cwt179.00–179.008061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—870540.00/head540.00–540.005401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,095700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,070613.08/head500.00–720.006132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150820.00/head820.00–820.008201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—858577.41/head550.00–600.005772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,033835.69/head820.00–850.008362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,031791.22/head700.00–880.007912

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.