Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-07-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
17 vs last sale 140 45 vs year ago 78 · +57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
0 vs last sale 9 7 vs year ago 16 · 43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 14 · 78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold very uneven and feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.60/cwt on 18 head, up $1.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +0.97 against this barn's trailing median of $388.62.
Average price
$389.60
1.94 vs prior sale
18 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.77
vs MS average
6.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502393.321,9743thin
Medium and Large 1-2561388.852,18115thin
One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about −$207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
430404377351median 388.6201/0501/1904/0607/0607/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $388.62 across 8 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 sale18 hd
389.60
MS average14 barns · 307 hd
394.37
−4.77
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−6.45
This barn, trailing median8 sales
388.62
+0.97
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405173.002,4311thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,064139.291,4824thin

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)870$1,5773thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,405173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4311
CowsLean 85-90%1,057147.38/cwt145.00–149.001,5583
CowsLean 85-90%1,085115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2481
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4461
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9892
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550502393.32/cwt390.00–400.001,9743
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423404.85/cwt400.00–410.001,7132
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400395380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5011
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450445312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550509455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580416.74/cwt411.00–428.002,41715
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0131
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1961
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435452.44/cwt447.50–457.501,9682
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535383.75/cwt370.00–397.502,0532
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,1041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500487425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450412472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,9474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561388.85/cwt375.00–394.002,18115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,3055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5843
Stock CowsMedium and Large 18701,577.35/head1,400.00–1,750.001,5773
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450412487.41/cwt475.00–502.502,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420433.44/cwt425.00–442.501,8202
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500490445.35/cwt441.00–450.002,1823
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5921
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575366.12/cwt362.50–370.002,1052
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650613362.51/cwt360.00–365.002,2222
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563425.04/cwt415.00–435.002,3932
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523419.08/cwt405.00–440.002,1923
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472415.36/cwt385.00–432.501,9603
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5241
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480404.95/cwt400.00–410.001,9442
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368438.79/cwt437.50–440.001,6152
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365495.00/cwt482.50–507.501,8072
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418472.05/cwt457.50–487.501,9732

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.