Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2019-11-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 18
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
86 vs last sale 246 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
41 vs last sale 60 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
38 vs last sale 40 2 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. Quality was average to low, good cattle sold good but demand was poor on plain to low quality cattle

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.54/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$118.54
60 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446126.3456330
Medium and Large 2458116.4253422
Medium and Large 345495.124328thin
One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $131 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 sale60 hd
118.54
MS average13 barns · 779 hd
113.80
+4.74
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
BullsAverage1,29867.978833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02043.644455thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03226.152704thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
SteersMedium and Large 1765111.53/cwt110.00–113.008532
BullsMedium and Large 349589.00/cwt84.00–94.004412
BullsMedium and Large 353589.00/cwt89.00–89.004761
BullsMedium and Large 11,7301,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0023,3551
Bulls1,13068.71/cwt67.00–71.007762
BullsMedium and Large 356085.00/cwt85.00–85.004761
BullsMedium and Large 3615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
SteersMedium and Large 2690101.00/cwt101.00–101.006971
HeifersSmall and Medium 226090.00/cwt90.00–90.002341
HeifersSmall and Medium 2225121.00/cwt121.00–121.002721
HeifersMedium and Large 341086.93/cwt84.00–90.003562
HeifersMedium and Large 337098.11/cwt96.00–100.003632
HeifersMedium and Large 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
SteersMedium and Large 1373152.86/cwt150.00–156.005702
SteersMedium and Large 195598.00/cwt98.00–98.009361
SteersMedium and Large 2363134.91/cwt125.00–149.004903
SteersMedium and Large 2640114.98/cwt112.00–118.007362
SteersMedium and Large 2508112.01/cwt109.00–115.005692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2995800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,9601
SteersMedium and Large 1690113.00/cwt113.00–113.007801
SteersMedium and Large 1509125.72/cwt123.00–132.006404
SteersMedium and Large 1563122.62/cwt119.00–125.006903
SteersMedium and Large 1327152.89/cwt149.00–155.005003
BullsMedium and Large 1369139.40/cwt136.00–144.005144
BullsMedium and Large 1410126.17/cwt123.00–129.505172
BullsMedium and Large 1318141.00/cwt141.00–141.004482
BullsMedium and Large 1565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
Bulls1,63566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0871
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
BullsMedium and Large 2468113.78/cwt109.00–116.005324
BullsMedium and Large 2527109.29/cwt105.00–113.005763
BullsMedium and Large 2375124.31/cwt120.00–130.004663
BullsMedium and Large 2320128.81/cwt125.00–135.004123
BullsMedium and Large 264599.00/cwt98.00–100.006392
BullsMedium and Large 3275106.96/cwt105.00–109.002942
BullsMedium and Large 2418129.17/cwt125.00–133.005402
BullsMedium and Large 2278129.27/cwt123.00–135.003592
BullsMedium and Large 271090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1455126.02/cwt119.00–127.0057313
BullsMedium and Large 1524114.57/cwt107.00–124.006007
BullsMedium and Large 338095.00/cwt95.00–95.003611
HeifersMedium and Large 2373109.38/cwt104.00–119.004084
CowsLean 85-90%1,14332.29/cwt30.00–35.003692
CowsLean 85-90%92020.00/cwt20.00–20.001842
CowsBoner 80-85%88746.07/cwt43.50–47.504093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22040.00/cwt40.00–40.004882
BullsMedium and Large 2578106.97/cwt101.00–113.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 346091.00/cwt91.00–91.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3462100.00/cwt100.00–100.004622
HeifersMedium and Large 2478103.11/cwt95.00–108.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 2425100.79/cwt95.00–107.004286
HeifersMedium and Large 251598.43/cwt92.00–106.005074
HeifersMedium and Large 1505115.50/cwt115.50–115.505831
HeifersMedium and Large 2314105.84/cwt95.00–110.003324
HeifersMedium and Large 2620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 2555100.00/cwt100.00–100.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1472111.29/cwt109.00–114.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 1425112.98/cwt110.00–115.004803

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.