Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-03-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 13
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 135▲ 7 vs year ago 108 · +6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 21▼ 39 vs year ago 43 · −90.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 18▼ 39 vs year ago 45 · −86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls also sold steady. quality was average and demand was very high.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.90/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$202.90
53 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$301
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$46.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.83
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493207.761,02534
Medium and Large 1412202.6883513thin
Medium and Large 2347190.196593thin
Medium and Large 3448161.337233thin
One grade step is worth $46.43/cwt here — about $301 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 sale53 hd
202.90
—
MS average13 barns · 978 hd
196.06
+6.83
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—Average1,847112.912,0863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01988.619034thin

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)940$1,0651thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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—211241.85/cwt232.00–250.005104
BullsMedium and Large 1—333240.49/cwt229.00–264.008016
BullsMedium and Large 1—258256.82/cwt242.50–272.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2—295214.00/cwt214.00–214.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2—390196.00/cwt196.00–196.007641
BullsMedium and Large 1—655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1271
SteersMedium and Large 1—328240.58/cwt230.00–251.007892
SteersMedium and Large 1—710170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2071
SteersMedium and Large 1—785179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4051
SteersMedium and Large 1—815179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4591
SteersMedium and Large 1—465226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0512
SteersMedium and Large 1—575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1501
SteersMedium and Large 1—278260.17/cwt257.00–265.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1—505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
SteersMedium and Large 1—618200.48/cwt196.00–205.001,2392
SteersMedium and Large 2—310210.00/cwt210.00–210.006511
SteersMedium and Large 2—415205.00/cwt205.00–205.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—785155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—350211.00/cwt206.00–216.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433212.37/cwt208.00–217.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535200.00/cwt198.00–202.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310207.78/cwt200.00–214.006444
SteersMedium and Large 1—373242.09/cwt229.00–255.009032
SteersMedium and Large 1—423232.76/cwt218.00–247.009852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—361218.00/cwt218.00–218.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410192.00/cwt192.00–192.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315189.29/cwt180.00–198.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270217.00/cwt217.00–217.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—516206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,06329
BullsMedium and Large 2—405195.00/cwt195.00–195.007901
BullsMedium and Large 3—455174.00/cwt174.00–174.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425161.00/cwt161.00–161.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545153.00/cwt153.00–153.008341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9401,065.00/head1,065.00–1,065.001,0651
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—911125.30/cwt110.00–141.001,1415
Bulls——1,943116.87/cwt111.50–122.502,2712
Bulls——1,655105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7381
CowsBoner 80-85%—96784.48/cwt82.50–86.008173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,175101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1871

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.