Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-02-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
43 vs last sale 84 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
8 vs last sale 2 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: it was a light run... Feeders were steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cattle were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.98/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$124.98
23 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.67
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1334142.164754thin
Medium and Large 1-2532122.1265017thin
Medium and Large 2405121.004901thin
Medium and Large 3395109.004311thin
One grade step is worth $33.16/cwt here — about $44 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 sale23 hd
124.98
MS average12 barns · 1,004 hd
132.66
−7.67
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
BullsAverage1,34867.289072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20258.947086thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12543.504891thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
BullsMedium and Large 1450134.00/cwt134.00–134.006031
BullsMedium and Large 1555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1325163.15/cwt153.00–173.005302
BullsMedium and Large 1352177.00/cwt177.00–177.006232
BullsMedium and Large 2220159.00/cwt159.00–159.003501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3202117.00/cwt117.00–117.002362
SteersMedium and Large 2340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
SteersMedium and Large 2385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2405121.00/cwt121.00–121.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3395109.00/cwt109.00–109.004311
HeifersMedium and Large 1285149.00/cwt149.00–149.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 1325148.00/cwt148.00–148.004811
SteersMedium and Large 1475155.00/cwt155.00–155.007361
SteersMedium and Large 1378163.63/cwt157.50–170.006192
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20258.94/cwt50.00–64.507086
CowsLean 85-90%1,12543.50/cwt43.50–43.504891
HeifersMedium and Large 1363135.81/cwt127.00–145.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2262150.00/cwt150.00–150.003932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372134.00/cwt134.00–134.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598116.00/cwt116.00–116.0069413
BullsMedium and Large 3245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
BullsMedium and Large 3315107.00/cwt107.00–107.003371
BullsMedium and Large 351086.00/cwt86.00–86.004391
BullsMedium and Large 3555101.00/cwt101.00–101.005611
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,7302,350.00/cwt2,350.00–2,350.0040,6551
Bulls1,34867.28/cwt54.50–75.009072

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.