Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-01-23

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 23
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 357▲ 110 vs year ago 133 · +82.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 32▲ 29 vs year ago 4 · +725.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 1 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERSAND HEIFERS SOLD STEADY TO $8 HIGHER, SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS SOLD STEDY. LOADS LISTED AS M&L 1-2, REALLY CATTLE WEANED WITH SHOTS.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.17/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$174.17
102 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.22
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552180.5699726
Medium and Large 1-2699172.141,20375
Medium and Large 2545160.008721thin
One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $125 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 sale102 hd
174.17
—
MS average13 barns · 901 hd
185.39
−11.22
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—Average1,55983.701,3053thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15573.668518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00359.1659321

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$8501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$6001thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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—275191.00/cwt191.00–191.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1—523175.95/cwt165.00–187.009202
BullsMedium and Large 1—565154.00/cwt154.00–154.008701
BullsMedium and Large 1—320191.80/cwt182.00–199.006143
BullsMedium and Large 1—445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1—490170.00/cwt170.00–170.008331
SteersMedium and Large 1—765166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2701
SteersMedium and Large 1—473186.84/cwt178.00–194.008843
SteersMedium and Large 1—623175.61/cwt160.00–184.501,0943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—623175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0905
SteersMedium and Large 1—525180.62/cwt165.00–190.0094812
SteersMedium and Large 1—568182.93/cwt178.00–187.001,0395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350142.00/cwt142.00–142.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368172.00/cwt172.00–172.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320167.05/cwt165.00–169.005353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—842158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,3354
SteersMedium and Large 1—440187.00/cwt187.00–187.008231
SteersMedium and Large 1—725172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576162.00/cwt162.00–162.009334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—696172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,20266
SteersMedium and Large 2—545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415167.00/cwt167.00–167.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—800135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—670163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,09473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—945125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555163.83/cwt145.00–183.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510154.18/cwt145.00–163.007862
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730127.00/cwt127.00–127.009271
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488166.48/cwt165.00–168.008122
BullsMedium and Large 1—373197.26/cwt184.00–210.007362
BullsMedium and Large 2—525142.47/cwt139.00–146.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—427181.00/cwt181.00–181.007732
BullsMedium and Large 2—650137.00/cwt137.00–137.008911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,090850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—965600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—935111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0381
Bulls——1,63893.05/cwt87.50–98.001,5242
Bulls——1,40065.00/cwt65.00–65.009101
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15573.66/cwt68.00–80.508518
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06566.97/cwt60.00–74.5071313
CowsLean 85-90%—90146.48/cwt40.00–53.504198

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.