Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-09-25

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 25
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
337 head
▲ 152 vs last sale 185▲ 180 vs year ago 157 · +114.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 41▲ 19 vs year ago 18 · +105.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $218.82/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$218.82
143 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$425
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525223.211,17376
Medium and Large 1473223.051,05537
Medium and Large 2407210.0485522
Medium and Large 3412181.707488thin
One grade step is worth $41.52/cwt here — about $425 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 sale143 hd
218.82
—
MS average13 barns · 1,762 hd
219.33
−0.51
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—Average1,738118.792,0657thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17397.251,14015
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00779.3679911

Every lot, as filed

80 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—463258.79/cwt253.00–265.001,1986
SteersMedium and Large 1—385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,39810
SteersMedium and Large 1—830218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—658237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5637
BullsMedium and Large 1—573218.14/cwt217.50–220.001,2504
BullsMedium and Large 1—685202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3871
BullsMedium and Large 1—350257.50/cwt257.50–257.509011
BullsMedium and Large 1—700203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419232.58/cwt227.50–242.509755
HeifersMedium and Large 2—389209.39/cwt205.00–210.008158
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427217.35/cwt207.50–225.009285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523204.51/cwt204.00–205.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3131
SteersMedium and Large 3—565182.54/cwt180.00–185.001,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318231.40/cwt225.00–237.507362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—507227.63/cwt217.50–237.501,15423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 1—669227.14/cwt215.00–237.501,5204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476250.57/cwt228.00–260.001,19310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—617222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,37012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—598237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573221.46/cwt215.00–225.001,2695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467219.89/cwt215.00–225.001,0276
SteersMedium and Large 2—320243.44/cwt237.50–250.007794
SteersMedium and Large 1—427253.40/cwt250.00–257.501,0823
SteersMedium and Large 3—770187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—570243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3852
SteersMedium and Large 1—564237.45/cwt235.00–240.001,3394
SteersMedium and Large 1—534248.77/cwt240.00–262.501,3284
SteersMedium and Large 1—705222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5691
SteersMedium and Large 1—620245.53/cwt237.50–247.501,5225
SteersMedium and Large 2—368242.41/cwt240.00–245.008922
SteersMedium and Large 2—468215.19/cwt210.00–220.001,0072
SteersMedium and Large 2—415221.06/cwt205.00–235.009173
SteersMedium and Large 2—526212.13/cwt200.00–227.501,1164
BullsMedium and Large 1—473235.35/cwt225.00–245.001,1136
BullsMedium and Large 1—420235.06/cwt230.00–240.009872
CowsLean 85-90%—92866.15/cwt60.00–73.006143
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04193.09/cwt93.00–93.509695
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,170107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24698.47/cwt94.00–104.001,2279
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02577.57/cwt75.00–80.007952
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04086.57/cwt83.00–91.009006
Bulls——1,735119.88/cwt117.00–122.002,0804
Bulls——1,440105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5121
Bulls——1,893123.51/cwt122.50–124.502,3382
BullsMedium and Large 2—371225.31/cwt222.00–233.0083610
BullsMedium and Large 3—550180.00/cwt180.00–180.009901
BullsMedium and Large 3—360180.00/cwt180.00–180.006481
BullsMedium and Large 3—440175.00/cwt175.00–175.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2—565203.72/cwt202.50–205.001,1512
BullsMedium and Large 2—505198.66/cwt190.00–207.501,0032
BullsMedium and Large 1—517224.11/cwt220.00–230.001,1596
BullsMedium and Large 2—775187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4531
BullsMedium and Large 2—478209.58/cwt200.00–222.501,0026
BullsMedium and Large 2—320240.81/cwt230.00–245.007715
BullsMedium and Large 2—640197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2641
BullsMedium and Large 2—240247.50/cwt247.50–247.505941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—260213.80/cwt212.50–215.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468185.88/cwt180.00–195.008703
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323189.22/cwt180.00–197.506112
BullsMedium and Large 2—420210.00/cwt210.00–210.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2—250250.00/cwt250.00–250.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—565217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415237.00/cwt237.00–237.009844
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320213.75/cwt212.50–215.006842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440195.00/cwt195.00–195.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—685222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220225.00/cwt225.00–225.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473217.12/cwt210.00–225.001,02723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374230.96/cwt225.00–239.008647
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473202.43/cwt200.00–205.009572
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570172.50/cwt172.50–172.509831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523219.83/cwt207.50–230.001,1508

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.