Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers, heifers and bulls seemed steady, Slaughter cows and bulls were 3-5 cheaper.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.97/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$128.97

30 head · 369 lb average

Value per head Derived

$476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

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

$46.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	364	135.84	494	21
Medium and Large 2-3	250	124.00	310	2thin
Medium and Large 2	382	113.23	432	6thin
Medium and Large 3	650	89.00	579	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.84/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale30 hd

128.97

—

MS average13 barns · 1,051 hd

124.60

+4.37

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	1,277	71.48	913	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	54.55	643	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	53.00	713	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	967	45.63	441	11

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Medium and Large 1	—	275	139.48/cwt	139.00–140.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	554	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	7,994	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	1,005.00/cwt	1,005.00–1,005.00	13,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	200	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	195	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	622	1
Bulls	—	—	1,050	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	656	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	750	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	230	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.48/cwt	129.00–149.00	653	3
Bulls	—	—	1,390	75.97/cwt	68.00–83.50	1,056	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	980	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	6,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,170.00/cwt	1,170.00–1,170.00	13,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	155.48/cwt	148.00–165.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	109.12/cwt	102.00–120.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	137.00/cwt	135.00–139.00	500	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	161.02/cwt	158.00–164.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	597	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	790.82/cwt	700.00–900.00	8,185	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	166.94/cwt	165.00–169.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	267	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	988	726.96/cwt	610.00–820.00	7,182	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	756.98/cwt	730.00–780.00	6,949	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	163.13/cwt	157.00–168.00	514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	766.80/cwt	760.00–780.00	7,591	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	745	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	54.55/cwt	47.50–60.00	643	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	46.44/cwt	42.50–50.50	452	10

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 Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 71Last week 120Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 16Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 5Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers, heifers and bulls seemed steady, Slaughter cows and bulls were 3-5 cheaper.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	139.00–140.00	139.48
2	—	313	135.00–145.00	139.88
1	—	450	123.00	123.00
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
15	—	365	135.00–139.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	250	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
1	—	210	116.00	116.00
3	—	482	102.00–120.00	109.12
1	—	360	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	115.00	115.00
1	—	750	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
1	—	195	131.00	131.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	230	132.00	132.00
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
1	—	345	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	168.00	168.00
3	—	475	129.00–149.00	137.48
5	—	416	148.00–165.00	155.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	158.00–164.00	161.02
2	—	360	165.00–169.00	166.94
4	—	315	157.00–168.00	163.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	153.00	153.00
1	—	260	146.00	146.00
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	109.00	109.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	765.00	765.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	630.00	630.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	1,005.00	1,005.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	840.00	840.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,115	1,170.00	1,170.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,035	700.00–900.00	790.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	918	730.00–780.00	756.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	990	760.00–780.00	766.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	988	610.00–820.00	726.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	62.50	62.50
2	—	1,390	68.00–83.50	75.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	37.50	37.50
10	—	974	42.50–50.50	46.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,178	47.50–60.00	54.55

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