Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2019-11-04

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 4
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
25 vs last sale 159 184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
34 vs last sale 13 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
10 vs last sale 2 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold steady. Demand was moderate, Quality average to low overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.22/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$102.22
52 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$427
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2445110.444918thin
Medium and Large 2426102.4443624
Medium and Large 1573100.095734thin
Medium and Large 2-336399.893629thin
Medium and Large 334096.283277thin
One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
102.22
MS average13 barns · 1,379 hd
112.33
−10.11
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
BullsAverage1,69970.271,1944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25745.5657313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04831.8233421

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2685101.00/cwt101.00–101.006921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,090730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,9571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935410.00/cwt410.00–410.003,8341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007063
SteersMedium and Large 2435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2525113.74/cwt105.00–123.005972
SteersMedium and Large 2613116.02/cwt115.50–117.007113
SteersMedium and Large 1520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 249091.00/cwt91.00–91.004461
HeifersMedium and Large 251599.00/cwt98.00–100.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 259390.03/cwt84.00–96.005342
HeifersMedium and Large 2323108.38/cwt102.00–112.503503
SteersMedium and Large 1430131.36/cwt129.00–133.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 2386103.33/cwt90.00–108.5039910
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3452101.50/cwt101.50–101.504592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-327390.00/cwt90.00–90.002463
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385106.50/cwt106.50–106.504104
HeifersMedium and Large 3245100.00/cwt100.00–100.002451
HeifersMedium and Large 2280110.00/cwt110.00–110.003081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398111.50/cwt111.50–111.504443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495107.00/cwt107.00–107.005303
HeifersMedium and Large 345091.00/cwt91.00–91.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 357084.00/cwt84.00–84.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 327999.74/cwt90.00–105.002784
HeifersMedium and Large 2428105.00/cwt103.00–106.504494
CowsLean 85-90%1,03230.62/cwt28.50–32.503163
CowsLean 85-90%97222.79/cwt15.00–27.502226
CowsLean 85-90%1,11437.79/cwt33.50–41.5042111
HeifersMedium and Large 1520104.00/cwt104.00–104.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 161594.17/cwt91.00–97.505792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440114.00/cwt114.00–114.005022
BullsMedium and Large 1480123.11/cwt117.00–129.005915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2940670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,2981
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,090970.00/cwt970.00–970.0010,5732
SteersMedium and Large 1573121.48/cwt121.00–122.006962
SteersMedium and Large 1493130.99/cwt129.00–133.006462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,065620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,6031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195540.00/cwt540.00–540.006,4531
BullsMedium and Large 1360133.00/cwt129.00–136.004793
BullsMedium and Large 1665103.50/cwt103.00–104.006882
BullsMedium and Large 178595.00/cwt95.00–95.007461
BullsMedium and Large 174594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1600109.00/cwt109.00–109.006541
BullsMedium and Large 1580107.00/cwt107.00–107.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy476123.00/cwt123.00–123.005855
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006553
BullsMedium and Large 2500105.00/cwt105.00–105.005251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04539.50/cwt39.50–39.504131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35549.92/cwt49.50–50.256762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25845.30/cwt42.50–46.5057010
BullsMedium and Large 2665102.98/cwt102.00–104.006852
BullsMedium and Large 2465115.13/cwt107.00–121.005353
BullsMedium and Large 2573102.16/cwt93.00–110.005853
BullsMedium and Large 2374116.83/cwt105.00–128.004377
BullsMedium and Large 1512121.11/cwt118.00–125.006203
BullsMedium and Large 1319137.99/cwt130.00–144.004404
BullsMedium and Large 3245109.00/cwt109.00–109.002671
BullsMedium and Large 3295125.00/cwt125.00–125.003691
BullsMedium and Large 3355102.00/cwt102.00–102.003621
Bulls1,69970.27/cwt67.50–72.501,1944
BullsMedium and Large 2340119.00/cwt113.00–125.004052
BullsMedium and Large 2420111.77/cwt100.00–123.004692
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed860350.00/cwt350.00–350.003,0101
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83024.00/cwt24.00–24.001991

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.