Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-06-01

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 71▼ 73 vs year ago 161 · −45.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 30▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 19▼ 1 vs year ago 3 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was plain to average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $409.38/cwt on 4 head, down $35.39 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +33.07 against this barn's trailing median of $376.31.
Average price
$409.38
▼ 35.39 vs prior sale
4 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,241
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.47
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543426.252,3122thin
Medium and Large 2553392.502,1692thin
One grade step is worth $33.75/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale4 hd
409.38
—
MS average11 barns · 123 hd
400.91
+8.47
This barn, trailing median2 sales
376.31
+33.07
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—Average1,705205.003,4951thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,152187.302,1587thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average850125.001,0631thin

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
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$2,5951thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)800$1,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 2350–400383436.41/cwt420.00–470.001,6715
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570387.50/cwt382.50–392.502,2092
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405443.83/cwt437.50–450.001,7982
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,6821
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650640275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9951
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625365.04/cwt360.00–370.002,2822
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,3064
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1672
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580369.91/cwt360.00–380.002,1452
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2431
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650645323.75/cwt317.50–330.002,0882
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5051
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,3011
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235532.50/cwt532.50–532.501,2511
CowsLean 85-90%—850125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0631
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,137196.88/cwt191.00–200.002,2393
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,164180.11/cwt169.00–185.002,0964
Bulls——1,705205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,4951
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567422.38/cwt402.50–442.502,3953
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,4952,595.00/head2,595.00–2,595.002,5951
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300260315.29/cwt307.50–322.508202
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0521
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323471.10/cwt467.50–475.001,5222
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420472.62/cwt467.50–477.501,9852
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315563.85/cwt557.50–570.001,7762
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3771
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2451
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3171
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2801
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680369.93/cwt360.00–380.002,5162
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275486.64/cwt465.00–507.501,3382
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486485.73/cwt477.50–495.002,3614
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270564.48/cwt522.50–590.001,5244
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—8001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0941
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471472.23/cwt462.50–487.502,2244
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650603416.21/cwt407.50–425.002,5102
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9891
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400369537.70/cwt520.00–555.001,9845
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2681

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.