Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cows were steady: Feeder steers and hefiers were steady to 3 lower. Quality was low to average with a lot of plain calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.10/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$103.10

63 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$21.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.39

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	118.43	533	9thin
Small and Medium 2	270	109.00	294	1thin
Small and Medium 3	295	105.00	310	1thin
Medium and Large 2	485	102.34	496	33
Medium and Large 2-3	465	97.14	452	7thin
Medium and Large 3	379	96.53	366	12thin

One grade step is worth $21.90/cwt here — about $168 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 sale63 hd

103.10

—

MS average13 barns · 1,449 hd

112.49

−9.39

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,390	63.00	876	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	49.00	593	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	34.58	403	5thin

Every lot, as filed

77 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	270	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	100.67/cwt	100.00–102.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	93.96/cwt	84.50–104.00	315	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	225	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	772	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	101.80/cwt	100.00–104.50	278	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	117.06/cwt	110.00–124.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	123.53/cwt	119.00–132.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	133.23/cwt	129.00–136.00	433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	139.78/cwt	138.00–143.00	505	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	255	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	139.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,185	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	608	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	6,948	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,245	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	310	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	135.85/cwt	135.00–137.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	141.61/cwt	139.00–144.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	300	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	650	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	400	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	510	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	490	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	295	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	106.35/cwt	101.00–111.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	96.48/cwt	95.00–99.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	116.48/cwt	116.00–117.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	117.64/cwt	115.00–119.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	113.33/cwt	113.00–114.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	104.22/cwt	100.00–106.00	340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	103.42/cwt	96.00–108.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	108.49/cwt	103.00–112.50	423	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	107.95/cwt	100.00–112.00	555	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	49.00/cwt	40.00–54.00	593	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	28.68/cwt	23.50–35.00	275	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	38.52/cwt	37.50–40.50	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	99.65/cwt	88.00–109.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	97.72/cwt	91.00–106.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	135.79/cwt	127.00–145.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	109.01/cwt	103.00–113.00	613	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	123.65/cwt	120.00–128.00	503	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	205	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	264	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	535	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	439	1
Bulls	—	—	1,390	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	423	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	123.97/cwt	119.00–129.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	112.60/cwt	106.00–122.00	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	122.29/cwt	115.00–134.00	466	4

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Dec 9, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 83Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 73Year ago 0

Compared to last week Slaughter cows were steady: Feeder steers and hefiers were steady to 3 lower. Quality was low to average with a lot of plain calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	100.00–102.00	100.67
2	—	335	84.50–104.00	93.96
3	—	273	100.00–104.50	101.80
1	—	625	84.00	84.00
1	—	490	88.00	88.00
1	—	425	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	90.00	90.00
3	—	408	100.00	100.00
2	—	452	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	101.00–111.00	106.35
3	—	668	95.00–99.00	96.48
5	—	326	100.00–106.00	104.22
5	—	476	96.00–108.00	103.42
6	—	390	103.00–112.50	108.49
1	—	505	109.00	109.00
1	—	730	85.00	85.00
4	—	561	88.00–109.00	99.65
4	—	611	91.00–106.00	97.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
2	—	470	116.00–117.00	116.48
3	—	403	115.00–119.00	117.64
3	—	520	113.00–114.00	113.33
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	129.00	129.00
1	—	255	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	772	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	104.00	104.00
2	—	580	110.00–124.00	117.06
3	—	413	119.00–132.00	123.53
3	—	325	129.00–136.00	133.23
5	—	361	138.00–143.00	139.78
3	—	278	135.00–145.00	139.72
1	—	1,185	66.00	66.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	515	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	134.00	134.00
1	—	425	138.00	138.00
1	—	450	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,030	97.00	97.00
1	—	640	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	93.00	93.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	585	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	135.00–137.00	135.85
3	—	322	139.00–144.00	141.61
1	—	625	112.00	112.00
1	—	590	109.00	109.00
1	—	385	138.00	138.00
2	—	483	119.00–129.00	123.97
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	100.00–112.00	107.95
1	—	285	131.00	131.00
1	—	615	99.00	99.00
2	—	323	127.00–145.00	135.79
3	—	562	103.00–113.00	109.01
3	—	407	120.00–128.00	123.65
6	—	485	106.00–122.00	112.60
4	—	381	115.00–134.00	122.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	260	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	100.00	100.00
1	—	205	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	105.00	105.00
6	—	423	100.00	100.00
2	—	527	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	720.00	720.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	760.00	760.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,115	810.00	810.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	40.00–54.00	49.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	23.50–35.00	28.68
3	—	1,302	37.50–40.50	38.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	63.00	63.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Grenada Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle