Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-08-07

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 94▲ 50 vs year ago 102 · +49.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 16▲ 23 vs year ago 22 · +104.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 5 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter 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 $225.15/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$225.15
47 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$536
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.05
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485227.981,10628
Medium and Large 1-2560227.501,27410thin
Medium and Large 2449215.439678thin
Medium and Large 3285200.005701thin
One grade step is worth $27.98/cwt here — about $536 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 sale47 hd
225.15
—
MS average13 barns · 1,052 hd
222.10
+3.05
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—Average1,443117.001,6882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134107.491,21926
CowsLean 85-90%Average97787.3785410

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)1,220$1,3201thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)875$9751thin

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—565224.98/cwt222.50–227.501,2713
BullsMedium and Large 1—428253.39/cwt242.50–277.501,0853
BullsMedium and Large 1—520232.33/cwt226.00–239.001,2083
BullsMedium and Large 1—378262.61/cwt260.00–267.509933
BullsMedium and Large 1—333290.13/cwt280.00–302.509663
BullsMedium and Large 1—483245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1832
SteersMedium and Large 2—527210.02/cwt200.00–215.001,1073
SteersMedium and Large 1—515254.34/cwt250.00–260.001,3104
SteersMedium and Large 1—569242.89/cwt237.50–249.001,3824
SteersMedium and Large 1—471258.86/cwt247.50–270.001,2197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—807213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—406267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0865
SteersMedium and Large 2—400242.50/cwt242.50–242.509701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416233.31/cwt227.50–240.0097110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—455261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1885
SteersMedium and Large 1—620242.51/cwt234.00–255.001,5043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575225.62/cwt217.50–232.501,2974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378237.52/cwt232.50–242.508983
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360223.72/cwt222.50–225.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3181
CowsLean 85-90%—97787.37/cwt82.00–95.0085410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,059104.69/cwt96.00–114.001,10919
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,336115.10/cwt113.00–117.001,5387
Bulls——1,275109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3901
Bulls——1,610125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2201,320.00/head1,320.00–1,320.001,3201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—875975.00/head975.00–975.009751
BullsMedium and Large 1—645212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3711
BullsMedium and Large 2—310239.19/cwt225.00–252.507412
BullsMedium and Large 2—455222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—454235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0675
BullsMedium and Large 2—435223.59/cwt210.00–237.509732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490214.97/cwt212.50–217.501,0532
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—666220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4655
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527226.14/cwt222.50–227.501,1927
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
SteersMedium and Large 2—560222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2461
SteersMedium and Large 1—416269.63/cwt255.00–283.001,1227

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.