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

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 11
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
62 vs last sale 184 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
13 vs last sale 47 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
28 vs last sale 12 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were steady to $6 higher; Feeder heifers were steady to $4 higher; Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Overall better quality with a little better demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.03/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$105.03
67 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$541
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.75
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505110.1155617thin
Medium and Large 2461105.3748627
Medium and Large 1-2638104.0066416thin
Medium and Large 339694.343744thin
Medium and Large 2-357093.005303thin
One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about $26 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 sale67 hd
105.03
MS average13 barns · 1,510 hd
112.79
−7.75
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
BullsAverage1,45560.508803thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12046.0451610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27844.265662thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04333.4134917

Every lot, as filed

68 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78334.02/cwt33.00–35.002662
BullsMedium and Large 1408134.62/cwt132.00–137.005493
Bulls1,36863.25/cwt60.00–68.508652
BullsMedium and Large 1295143.00/cwt143.00–143.004221
BullsMedium and Large 1382140.26/cwt134.00–144.005363
BullsMedium and Large 1465123.52/cwt123.00–124.005742
BullsMedium and Large 1620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2472115.42/cwt103.00–126.005455
BullsMedium and Large 351388.50/cwt88.00–89.004542
BullsMedium and Large 349096.00/cwt96.00–96.004701
BullsMedium and Large 1315148.00/cwt148.00–148.004661
Bulls1,63055.00/cwt55.00–55.008971
BullsMedium and Large 1572115.15/cwt113.50–116.006593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09147.22/cwt45.00–50.505157
CowsLean 85-90%1,12536.72/cwt32.00–42.504138
CowsLean 85-90%90526.80/cwt20.00–30.002433
BullsMedium and Large 3355122.00/cwt122.00–122.004331
BullsMedium and Large 3210136.00/cwt136.00–136.002861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445128.00/cwt128.00–128.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 262389.51/cwt87.00–92.005582
HeifersMedium and Large 1420115.33/cwt114.00–120.004846
HeifersMedium and Large 1520108.57/cwt103.50–110.505655
CowsLean 85-90%1,11431.43/cwt30.00–35.003504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18743.29/cwt42.50–44.005143
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27844.26/cwt44.00–44.505662
HeifersMedium and Large 3285100.00/cwt100.00–100.002851
HeifersMedium and Large 341590.18/cwt85.00–95.003742
HeifersMedium and Large 2-357093.00/cwt93.00–93.005303
HeifersMedium and Large 2472106.08/cwt98.00–116.505016
HeifersMedium and Large 1460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 2383109.75/cwt105.00–115.004204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638104.00/cwt104.00–104.0066416
HeifersMedium and Large 1558109.17/cwt108.00–110.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1650104.50/cwt104.50–104.506791
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy67595.00/cwt95.00–95.006411
BullsMedium and Large 1530117.42/cwt116.00–119.006225
BullsMedium and Large 2400126.00/cwt126.00–126.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2580104.49/cwt104.00–105.006062
BullsMedium and Large 2378129.56/cwt125.00–133.004903
BullsMedium and Large 2519113.25/cwt110.00–118.005884
BullsMedium and Large 2335134.40/cwt132.00–137.004505
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,160975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,138774.12/cwt550.00–970.008,8099
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,047871.44/cwt610.00–1,000.009,1248
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2988823.52/cwt550.00–945.008,1366
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,263817.62/cwt740.00–900.0010,3272
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284551.80/cwt49.50–54.004382
SteersMedium 2255132.00/cwt132.00–132.003371
SteersMedium and Large 1518135.62/cwt133.00–139.007033
SteersMedium and Large 1458139.49/cwt133.00–144.006394
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,268987.07/cwt935.00–1,035.0012,5162
SteersMedium and Large 1620127.00/cwt127.00–127.007871
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,245917.64/cwt900.00–935.0011,4252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,160800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,2801
SteersMedium and Large 2640102.04/cwt91.00–110.006533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2599129.50/cwt129.50–129.507765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2727123.50/cwt123.50–123.508986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617131.50/cwt131.50–131.5081115
SteersMedium and Large 2475117.29/cwt110.00–124.005572
SteersMedium and Large 2440125.34/cwt124.00–127.005513
HeifersMedium and Large 2260112.00/cwt112.00–112.002911
HeifersMedium and Large 2340107.39/cwt100.00–115.003652
HeifersMedium and Large 2565100.73/cwt100.00–101.505692
SteersMedium and Large 2545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006491
SteersMedium and Large 1430138.84/cwt131.00–145.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 347097.00/cwt97.00–97.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 2424108.54/cwt105.00–112.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 2530103.93/cwt93.00–109.505515

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.