Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-08-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 28
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 196▲ 70 vs year ago 187 · +37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 44▲ 68 vs year ago 37 · +183.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.03/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$215.03
80 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$424
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$40.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502223.951,12535
Medium and Large 1448221.8499421
Medium and Large 2425206.5487713thin
Medium and Large 3382183.6770111thin
One grade step is worth $40.28/cwt here — about $424 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 sale80 hd
215.03
—
MS average13 barns · 1,038 hd
213.94
+1.09
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—Average1,430123.211,7623thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,184103.071,22144
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06890.3696528

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$1,4264thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—529213.41/cwt212.50–215.001,12911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395215.00/cwt215.00–215.008492
SteersMedium and Large 1—330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465205.00/cwt200.00–210.009532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474220.29/cwt210.00–227.501,0446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—516231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—560232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3024
SteersMedium and Large 2—376248.44/cwt225.00–257.509344
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319211.71/cwt200.00–217.506754
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328221.34/cwt220.00–224.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1—505229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1561
SteersMedium and Large 1—429256.67/cwt250.00–274.001,1015
SteersMedium and Large 1—475262.32/cwt257.50–270.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 2—477214.01/cwt208.00–224.001,0213
SteersMedium and Large 1—610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570196.09/cwt190.00–202.501,1182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—629230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4477
SteersMedium and Large 2—583220.43/cwt215.00–226.001,2852
SteersMedium and Large 2—250250.00/cwt250.00–250.006251
SteersMedium and Large 1—370276.89/cwt267.50–285.001,0243
SteersMedium and Large 3—313211.47/cwt207.50–215.006623
SteersMedium and Large 3—375219.80/cwt215.00–225.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1—565256.19/cwt250.00–262.501,4472
SteersMedium and Large 2—335250.95/cwt244.00–257.508412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—553240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3273
SteersMedium and Large 2—540220.07/cwt212.50–227.501,1882
SteersMedium and Large 2—428231.10/cwt227.50–235.009892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0188
BullsMedium and Large 1—505218.35/cwt210.00–225.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 1—371272.96/cwt265.00–278.001,0134
BullsMedium and Large 1—295260.00/cwt260.00–260.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1—455247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1261
BullsMedium and Large 1—320274.09/cwt265.00–284.008778
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06890.36/cwt83.00–96.0096528
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,358109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,4804
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,167102.48/cwt95.00–107.001,19640
Bulls——990117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1581
Bulls——1,650126.31/cwt124.50–128.002,0842
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1671,468.14/head1,405.00–1,575.001,4683
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2751,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
BullsMedium and Large 2—565202.05/cwt197.50–207.501,1423
BullsMedium and Large 3—433201.75/cwt201.00–202.508742
BullsMedium and Large 3—285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
BullsMedium and Large 2—328251.11/cwt247.50–255.008242
BullsMedium and Large 2—611180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1007
BullsMedium and Large 3—460180.00/cwt180.00–180.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2—478215.20/cwt207.50–222.501,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2—433232.74/cwt225.00–237.501,0083
BullsMedium and Large 2—382230.88/cwt225.00–237.508823
BullsMedium and Large 2—508202.52/cwt197.50–207.501,0292
BullsMedium and Large 3—535193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—536207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1125
BullsMedium and Large 2—290255.00/cwt255.00–255.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2—245239.00/cwt239.00–239.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420178.00/cwt178.00–178.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3561
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505165.00/cwt165.00–165.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428223.25/cwt217.50–229.009567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469227.51/cwt217.50–235.001,06717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570218.10/cwt212.50–224.001,2432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415198.00/cwt198.00–198.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 3—245187.50/cwt187.50–187.504591
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366188.75/cwt185.00–192.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385234.43/cwt229.00–240.009032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478189.92/cwt185.00–195.009082

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.