Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-05-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 111 vs last sale 157▼ 45 vs year ago 91 · −49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 37▲ 5 vs year ago 9 · +55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 36▲ 3 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 data to call a trend on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was mostly plain and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $403.13/cwt on 5 head, down $41.63 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +26.82 against this barn's trailing median of $376.31.
Average price
$403.13
▼ 41.63 vs prior sale
5 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.42
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577415.792,3993thin
Medium and Large 2570384.142,1902thin
One grade step is worth $31.65/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
403.13
—
MS average13 barns · 125 hd
439.55
−36.42
This barn, trailing median2 sales
376.31
+26.82
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—Average1,820201.003,6581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208175.932,1255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average960148.631,4273thin

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)825$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)998$1,9622thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls——1,820201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,6581
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,118168.25/cwt165.00–171.001,8813
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,343187.46/cwt183.00–192.002,5182
CowsLean 85-90%—960148.63/cwt140.00–156.001,4273
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3281
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,7261
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400355507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,8021
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,3391
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450410455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8661
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1381
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9981,961.97/head1,750.00–2,175.001,9622
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—8252,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,6831
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600590437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,5811
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800765302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,3141
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375528.30/cwt510.00–552.501,9813
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600577415.79/cwt407.50–427.502,3993
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8201
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300290522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,5151
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655357.50/cwt345.00–370.002,3422
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,1131
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570384.14/cwt372.50–395.002,1902
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5211
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4161
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750710310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2011
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660410.04/cwt407.50–412.502,7063
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470446.21/cwt442.50–450.002,0972

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.