Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-09-21

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 50▼ 27 vs year ago 123 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were not well tested but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cattle were also not well tested. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $385.20/cwt on 12 head, up $27.45 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −41.87 against this barn's trailing median of $427.07.
Average price
$385.20
▲ 27.45 vs prior sale
12 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$54.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.81
vs MS average
−20.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504409.002,0615thin
Medium and Large 1543385.792,0963thin
Medium and Large 2540355.001,9164thin
One grade step is worth $54.00/cwt here — about $145 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 sale12 hd
385.20
—
MS average12 barns · 328 hd
380.38
+4.81
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−20.21
This barn, trailing median9 sales
427.07
−41.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
479433387342median 427.0703/3005/2507/1309/2110/05
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $355.55, median $427.07 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,435163.602,3482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,010135.001,3641thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995127.001,2641thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,400$2,8501thin

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375474.92/cwt430.00–517.501,7812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9889
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520393.68/cwt390.00–397.502,0472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9551
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,0266
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,2141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,2261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328451.26/cwt450.00–452.501,4802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465368.67/cwt365.00–372.501,7142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482374.73/cwt360.00–385.001,8065
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8691
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9761
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9871
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1233
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1932
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1195500.00/cwt500.00–500.009751
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1317471.28/cwt450.00–510.001,4946
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,4072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408428.82/cwt425.00–432.501,7502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5541
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468409.88/cwt402.50–417.501,9182
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7462
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8691
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570337.46/cwt335.00–340.001,9242
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9841
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9363
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0952
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,435163.60/cwt160.00–168.002,3482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501

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.