Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-11-06

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 6
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 26▲ 57 vs year ago 109 · +52.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 22 vs year ago 32 · −68.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: there was not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend on feeder steers and heifers. Feeder bulls sold 15.00 to 17.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $213.27/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$213.27
60 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$455
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.26
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2472219.501,03731
Medium and Large 1474213.881,01317thin
Medium and Large 2437200.5987710thin
Medium and Large 3333175.005822thin
One grade step is worth $44.50/cwt here — about $455 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 sale60 hd
213.27
—
MS average13 barns · 1,007 hd
208.01
+5.26
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—Average1,532112.231,7193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06483.758916thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91372.306602thin

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)1,390$1,2601thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsLean 85-90%—91372.30/cwt70.00–75.006602
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06483.75/cwt80.00–86.008916
Bulls——1,532112.23/cwt109.50–114.501,7193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3901,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305221.25/cwt215.00–227.506752
BullsMedium and Large 2—285215.00/cwt215.00–215.006131
BullsMedium and Large 2—600191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1461
BullsMedium and Large 1—371259.56/cwt255.00–266.009634
BullsMedium and Large 1—525221.23/cwt212.50–232.501,1613
BullsMedium and Large 1—410243.06/cwt230.00–257.509973
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368208.47/cwt207.00–210.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573201.68/cwt197.00–210.001,1568
BullsMedium and Large 2—573192.44/cwt190.00–195.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 2—480199.00/cwt199.00–199.009551
BullsMedium and Large 2—433212.60/cwt200.00–223.009216
BullsMedium and Large 3—610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435220.13/cwt209.00–226.009583
SteersMedium and Large 3—395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—328220.00/cwt220.00–220.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—455229.44/cwt210.00–234.001,04416
SteersMedium and Large 1—375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305175.00/cwt175.00–175.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524212.79/cwt208.00–217.001,1156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—448215.00/cwt215.00–215.009634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0222
SteersMedium and Large 3—305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—507260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,31820
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485210.86/cwt208.00–220.001,0235
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450205.00/cwt205.00–205.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315203.00/cwt200.00–206.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435202.00/cwt199.00–205.008792
SteersMedium and Large 1—405230.00/cwt230.00–230.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2—500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1—563223.54/cwt214.00–233.001,2592
SteersMedium and Large 1—483237.62/cwt230.00–245.001,1482
SteersMedium and Large 1—615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 2—423200.00/cwt200.00–200.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1—506239.91/cwt228.00–252.001,2144
SteersMedium and Large 2—393219.44/cwt210.00–229.008622
SteersMedium and Large 2—450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
BullsMedium and Large 2—360221.00/cwt221.00–221.007961
BullsMedium and Large 3—550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0181
BullsMedium and Large 3—508184.04/cwt176.00–192.009352
BullsMedium and Large 1—318262.38/cwt247.50–280.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1—575208.54/cwt204.00–213.001,1992
BullsMedium and Large 1—455229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0421

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.