Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-07-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 250▲ 87 vs year ago 65 · +133.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 24▲ 25 vs year ago 8 · +312.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly steady, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.10/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$255.10
57 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.98
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429261.741,12420
Medium and Large 1387261.581,01226
Medium and Large 2468227.711,06511thin
One grade step is worth $34.03/cwt here — about $58 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 sale57 hd
255.10
—
MS average13 barns · 1,157 hd
243.12
+11.98
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—Average1,390113.501,5781thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,125101.591,14313
CowsLean 85-90%Average98679.427837thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,4501thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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—580228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1644
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315197.50/cwt197.50–197.506221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0121
SteersMedium and Large 2—513225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1543
SteersMedium and Large 1—428255.36/cwt247.50–268.001,0933
SteersMedium and Large 1—265274.28/cwt267.50–285.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—345222.50/cwt222.50–222.507681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225230.00/cwt230.00–230.005181
SteersMedium and Large 2—363247.45/cwt245.00–255.008984
SteersMedium and Large 1—507240.43/cwt232.50–257.501,2194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—432266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1499
SteersMedium and Large 1—316281.67/cwt272.50–292.508904
SteersMedium and Large 1—238268.71/cwt265.00–272.506402
SteersMedium and Large 2—495220.00/cwt217.00–223.001,0892
SteersMedium and Large 2—583200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 1—523212.02/cwt207.50–220.001,1093
SteersMedium and Large 1—362274.89/cwt262.50–282.509955
SteersMedium and Large 1—605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3311
SteersMedium and Large 1—475244.84/cwt230.00–260.001,1632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—315283.00/cwt283.00–283.008913
BullsMedium and Large 1—655205.83/cwt205.00–207.501,3483
BullsMedium and Large 1—320257.50/cwt257.50–257.508241
BullsMedium and Large 1—610210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2811
BullsMedium and Large 1—485224.65/cwt221.00–230.001,0903
BullsMedium and Large 1—380258.75/cwt252.50–265.009832
BullsMedium and Large 1—280282.50/cwt282.50–282.507912
CowsLean 85-90%—98679.42/cwt65.00–90.007837
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,125101.59/cwt92.00–108.001,14313
Bulls——1,390113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,5781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
BullsMedium and Large 2—630194.61/cwt190.00–199.001,2262
BullsMedium and Large 3—480192.50/cwt192.50–192.509241
BullsMedium and Large 3—445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007341
BullsMedium and Large 2—345222.50/cwt222.50–222.507681
BullsMedium and Large 2—365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
BullsMedium and Large 2—505197.50/cwt197.50–197.509971
BullsMedium and Large 2—473217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2—428217.14/cwt209.00–225.009292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529206.97/cwt200.00–217.501,0954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468218.43/cwt209.00–225.001,0229
BullsMedium and Large 2—267242.28/cwt237.50–250.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413232.54/cwt222.50–237.509606
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383232.13/cwt227.00–236.008894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328233.02/cwt225.00–237.507644
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275217.50/cwt217.50–217.505981
BullsMedium and Large 1—425252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—469248.97/cwt245.00–253.001,1688
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—495175.00/cwt175.00–175.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618183.78/cwt182.50–185.001,1362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420200.79/cwt195.00–207.008432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3771

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.