Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-01-29

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 29
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 166▲ 195 vs year ago 88 · +221.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 5▲ 10 vs year ago 14 · +71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 12 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 16.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 t o10.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.97/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$238.97
96 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$54.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422244.711,03432
Medium and Large 1-2473244.341,15543
Medium and Large 2447224.021,00118thin
Medium and Large 3500190.339523thin
One grade step is worth $54.38/cwt here — about $82 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 sale96 hd
238.97
—
MS average13 barns · 1,271 hd
238.87
+0.09
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—High1,635122.352,0016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,207106.921,29015
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11085.009441thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,214$1,0583thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$8201thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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—255247.50/cwt247.50–247.506311
SteersMedium and Large 1—710215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5271
SteersMedium and Large 1—640238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5231
SteersMedium and Large 1—371313.26/cwt299.00–316.001,16211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—376265.43/cwt260.00–269.009988
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—405257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529231.58/cwt231.00–232.501,2255
SteersMedium and Large 2—388271.99/cwt270.00–274.001,0552
SteersMedium and Large 1—467282.58/cwt275.00–290.001,3209
SteersMedium and Large 1—434291.12/cwt285.00–300.001,2634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425232.56/cwt211.00–241.009887
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590212.75/cwt208.00–217.501,2552
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2641
SteersMedium and Large 2—275262.50/cwt262.50–262.507221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—507285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3006
SteersMedium and Large 1—660231.16/cwt220.00–242.501,5262
SteersMedium and Large 1—503281.56/cwt270.00–293.001,4162
SteersMedium and Large 1—328316.05/cwt312.50–320.001,0372
SteersMedium and Large 2—495216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—429308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—483289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3969
SteersMedium and Large 1—572245.60/cwt237.50–260.001,4053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—557255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4202
SteersMedium and Large 1—765209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5991
SteersMedium and Large 2—587221.11/cwt200.00–233.001,2983
SteersMedium and Large 2—320262.55/cwt252.50–270.008403
SteersMedium and Large 2—440245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0781
SteersMedium and Large 2—690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
SteersMedium and Large 2—520252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3402
BullsMedium and Large 1—500247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2381
BullsMedium and Large 1—400270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 2—415258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,0711
BullsMedium and Large 2—585227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3311
BullsMedium and Large 3—480197.50/cwt197.50–197.509481
BullsMedium and Large 2—360227.50/cwt227.50–227.508191
CowsBoner 80-85%—95594.00/cwt94.00–94.008981
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11085.00/cwt85.00–85.009441
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,136115.72/cwt111.00–120.001,3155
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,274103.46/cwt98.00–109.501,3189
Bulls——1,640131.57/cwt130.50–133.002,1582
Bulls——1,633117.74/cwt109.00–125.001,9234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,5451,365.00/head1,365.00–1,365.001,3651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,048904.42/head850.00–950.009042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—820820.00/head820.00–820.008201
BullsMedium and Large 1—275322.50/cwt322.50–322.508871
BullsMedium and Large 1—465253.56/cwt245.00–262.501,1792
BullsMedium and Large 1—328307.41/cwt296.00–318.001,0086
BullsMedium and Large 1—633213.21/cwt210.00–220.001,3503
BullsMedium and Large 1—553235.01/cwt232.50–237.501,3002
BullsMedium and Large 2—263268.71/cwt267.50–270.007072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435275.27/cwt275.00–275.501,1979
BullsMedium and Large 1—237306.04/cwt300.00–317.507253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527251.98/cwt240.00–260.001,32813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510186.00/cwt186.00–186.009491
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465236.10/cwt230.00–245.001,0984
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420249.22/cwt245.00–258.001,0474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—586225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—235261.00/cwt261.00–261.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533230.01/cwt229.50–231.001,22615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613218.25/cwt217.50–219.001,3382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—492240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1818
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480226.01/cwt225.00–227.001,0852
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388236.26/cwt235.00–237.509172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330210.91/cwt200.00–222.506962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—401262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321257.89/cwt247.50–270.008289
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376256.79/cwt253.00–260.009664

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.