Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-09-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 28
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 96▼ 77 vs year ago 216 · −35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 4▼ 59 vs year ago 69 · −85.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 18 vs year ago 19 · −94.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder bulls sold mostly 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was from plain to attractive and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.28/cwt on 30 head, down $19.92 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −61.79 against this barn's trailing median of $427.07.
Average price
$365.28
▼ 19.92 vs prior sale
30 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.15
vs MS average
−49.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550370.002,0351thin
Medium and Large 2530367.431,9472thin
Medium and Large 1-2555366.672,03626
Medium and Large 3540320.001,7281thin
One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $307 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd
365.28
—
MS average13 barns · 342 hd
388.42
−23.15
National average184 barns · 17,632 hd
414.66
−49.38
This barn, trailing median9 sales
427.07
−61.79
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—Average1,500172.002,5801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203142.301,7125thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,013131.061,3282thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,175$3,3251thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4441
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357507.40/cwt495.00–513.001,81113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,9191
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0383
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511385.35/cwt370.00–407.501,96910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530367.43/cwt365.00–370.001,9472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,07016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1769
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213454.82/cwt440.00–470.009692
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268440.11/cwt427.50–462.501,1793
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365437.43/cwt432.50–442.501,5972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425367.47/cwt365.00–372.501,5623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468363.77/cwt362.50–365.001,7022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575346.42/cwt345.00–350.001,99214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260543.68/cwt540.00–547.501,4142
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333500.84/cwt465.00–547.501,6684
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365497.10/cwt482.50–522.501,8145
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426448.14/cwt430.00–452.501,9096
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470440.17/cwt407.50–475.002,0692
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528372.28/cwt367.50–382.501,9663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2534327.51/cwt320.00–335.001,7495
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,500172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013131.06/cwt130.00–132.001,3282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218143.13/cwt140.00–150.001,7434
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1753,325.00/head3,325.00–3,325.003,3251

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.