Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-10-09

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 266▼ 32 vs year ago 176 · −18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 36▼ 5 vs year ago 44 · −11.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $198.61/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$198.61
38 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461213.6498517thin
Medium and Large 1-2565209.001,1814thin
Medium and Large 2542190.081,0308thin
Medium and Large 3514173.188919thin
One grade step is worth $40.46/cwt here — about $94 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 sale38 hd
198.61
—
MS average13 barns · 1,486 hd
210.25
−11.64
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—Average1,505116.091,7472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14287.671,00119
CowsLean 85-90%Low95671.426839thin

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)950$1,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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—245245.00/cwt245.00–245.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1—480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
BullsMedium and Large 1—420239.97/cwt237.50–242.501,0082
BullsMedium and Large 1—377251.07/cwt242.50–265.009475
BullsMedium and Large 1—500207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0381
BullsMedium and Large 1—260256.37/cwt250.00–262.506672
SteersMedium and Large 1—375253.75/cwt250.00–257.509522
SteersMedium and Large 1—565236.86/cwt222.50–252.501,3385
SteersMedium and Large 1—315245.00/cwt245.00–245.007721
SteersMedium and Large 3—595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—586235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3774
SteersMedium and Large 2—375228.00/cwt228.00–228.008551
SteersMedium and Large 2—472212.69/cwt207.50–220.001,0043
SteersMedium and Large 2—578212.43/cwt207.50–222.501,2283
SteersMedium and Large 1—634224.22/cwt217.50–233.001,4224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450207.50/cwt207.50–207.509341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433218.76/cwt210.00–225.009476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330222.50/cwt222.50–222.507341
SteersMedium and Large 1—528227.55/cwt222.50–235.001,2013
SteersMedium and Large 1—438252.54/cwt245.00–260.001,1062
SteersMedium and Large 1—487238.42/cwt222.50–252.501,1613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370222.50/cwt222.50–222.508231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—765192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4731
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525186.60/cwt183.00–190.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—565209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558202.57/cwt197.50–207.501,1302
CowsLean 85-90%—91550.00/cwt50.00–50.004581
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14287.67/cwt82.00–91.001,00119
CowsLean 85-90%—96174.10/cwt70.00–79.007128
Bulls——1,505116.09/cwt115.00–117.001,7472
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9501,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 2—366225.88/cwt207.50–235.008274
BullsMedium and Large 3—527180.86/cwt177.50–185.009533
BullsMedium and Large 2—495205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0151
BullsMedium and Large 3—620160.68/cwt152.50–169.009962
BullsMedium and Large 2—515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
BullsMedium and Large 3—375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519214.18/cwt212.00–220.001,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—250212.50/cwt212.50–212.505311
BullsMedium and Large 2—320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007521
BullsMedium and Large 3—485187.50/cwt187.50–187.509091
BullsMedium and Large 3—590177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425207.50/cwt207.50–207.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475170.70/cwt161.00–180.008112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420174.88/cwt170.00–180.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 3—632174.36/cwt170.00–177.501,1024
BullsMedium and Large 2—275210.00/cwt210.00–210.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1—328245.67/cwt240.00–252.508064
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588184.97/cwt180.00–187.501,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330192.50/cwt192.50–192.506351

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.