Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-05-01

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 198▲ 50 vs year ago 51 · +98.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 28▲ 26 vs year ago 10 · +260.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 15 vs year ago 18 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.38/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$203.38
33 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$959
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$52.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.79
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2461227.001,0465thin
Medium and Large 1497211.261,05017thin
Medium and Large 2509190.509694thin
Medium and Large 3397174.746937thin
One grade step is worth $52.26/cwt here — about $354 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 sale33 hd
203.38
—
MS average13 barns · 1,075 hd
195.59
+7.79
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—Average1,375115.001,5811thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12391.841,03117
CowsLean 85-90%Average98872.197138thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,4051thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)945$9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$1,3951thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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—505224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1311
BullsMedium and Large 2—330226.00/cwt226.00–226.007461
BullsMedium and Large 2—290215.00/cwt215.00–215.006241
BullsMedium and Large 2—228216.31/cwt214.00–219.004932
BullsMedium and Large 1—400234.00/cwt234.00–234.009361
BullsMedium and Large 2—480195.00/cwt195.00–195.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1—710207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 2—570192.11/cwt180.00–204.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 2—363223.00/cwt223.00–223.008092
SteersMedium and Large 1—590223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3161
SteersMedium and Large 1—515238.72/cwt231.00–246.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1—440234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1—685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2—255219.00/cwt219.00–219.005581
SteersMedium and Large 1—458241.56/cwt230.00–253.001,1062
SteersMedium and Large 1—288266.39/cwt251.00–281.007672
SteersMedium and Large 1—373241.62/cwt239.00–244.009012
SteersMedium and Large 1—318274.65/cwt270.00–277.008733
SteersMedium and Large 2—445229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0191
SteersMedium and Large 3—780163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562203.24/cwt195.00–208.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420207.00/cwt206.00–208.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530210.44/cwt204.00–218.001,1156
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450208.00/cwt208.00–208.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—461227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0465
HeifersMedium and Large 1—600197.50/cwt197.00–198.001,1852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323191.07/cwt190.00–192.006172
BullsMedium and Large 2—520191.00/cwt191.00–191.009931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405222.04/cwt218.00–229.008993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455167.67/cwt164.00–175.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 3—220190.00/cwt190.00–190.004181
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545148.00/cwt148.00–148.008071
BullsMedium and Large 2—408204.11/cwt198.00–210.008332
BullsMedium and Large 3—515150.00/cwt150.00–150.007731
BullsMedium and Large 2—780169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330223.00/cwt223.00–223.007361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385227.00/cwt227.00–227.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0521
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1751,395.00/head1,395.00–1,395.001,3951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—945950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,405.00/head1,405.00–1,405.001,4051
Bulls——1,375115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12391.24/cwt84.50–97.501,02516
CowsLean 85-90%—97074.64/cwt65.00–82.507247
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11055.00/cwt55.00–55.006111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,120101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,1371

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.