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 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +26.01 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
459404349294median 383.3701/0501/0502/1608/1008/10
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.76, low $307.85, median $383.37 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 median3 sales
383.37
+26.01
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
BullsAverage1,705205.003,4951thin
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
Bulls1,705205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,4951
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567422.38/cwt402.50–442.502,3953
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,4952,595.00/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 18001,400.00/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.