Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light run, Quality low - average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.45/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$118.45

26 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.94

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	461	123.05	567	16thin
Medium and Large 2	436	111.10	485	10thin

One grade step is worth $11.95/cwt here — about $83 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 sale26 hd

118.45

—

MS average12 barns · 638 hd

123.40

−4.94

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,052	56.46	594	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	948	40.25	382	6thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	383	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	56.46/cwt	52.50–60.50	594	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	43.63/cwt	40.00–45.00	432	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	138.00/cwt	137.00–139.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	136.69/cwt	133.00–140.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.22/cwt	121.00–141.00	478	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	120.98/cwt	118.00–123.00	575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	110.92/cwt	109.00–113.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	109.37/cwt	108.00–110.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	150.55/cwt	147.00–154.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	225	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	135.13/cwt	133.00–137.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	107.75/cwt	107.50–108.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	114.36/cwt	108.50–120.50	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	126.21/cwt	120.00–133.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	111.28/cwt	105.00–117.50	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	1

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 60Last week 71Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 30Year ago 0

Light run, Quality low - average.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	45.00	45.00
4	—	990	40.00–45.00	43.63
1	—	880	22.00	22.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,052	52.50–60.50	56.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	139.00	139.00
2	—	555	137.00–139.00	138.00
1	—	350	151.00	151.00
3	—	522	133.00–140.00	136.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	131.00	131.00
2	—	468	100.00–110.00	104.92
3	—	370	121.00–141.00	129.22
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	135.00	135.00
2	—	320	147.00–154.00	150.55
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	117.00	117.00
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
1	—	430	137.00	137.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	90.00	90.00
1	—	225	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	118.00–123.00	120.98
3	—	373	133.00–137.00	135.13
2	—	518	108.50–120.50	114.36
6	—	431	120.00–133.00	126.21
1	—	550	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	109.00–113.00	110.92
3	—	425	108.00–110.00	109.37
1	—	305	123.00	123.00
2	—	528	107.50–108.00	107.75
2	—	488	105.00–117.50	111.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	102.00	102.00

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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