Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
23 vs last sale 43 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 2 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
3 vs last sale 12 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really to light of a run to call a trend but all looked mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.76/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$118.76
10 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$474
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2357121.734357thin
Medium and Large 1497111.835563thin
One grade step is worth $9.89/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale10 hd
118.76
MS average13 barns · 1,215 hd
116.53
+2.23
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
BullsAverage1,49388.351,3193thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86835.753102thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1475114.00/cwt114.00–114.005421
HeifersMedium and Large 2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 2290128.00/cwt128.00–128.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 2370121.02/cwt115.50–124.004484
HeifersMedium and Large 1508110.75/cwt110.00–111.505632
HeifersMedium and Large 2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
BullsMedium and Large 1275163.00/cwt163.00–163.004481
BullsMedium and Large 2465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Bulls1,49388.35/cwt86.50–90.501,3193
BullsMedium and Large 1510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006321
BullsMedium and Large 1375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,160944.36/cwt805.00–1,090.0010,9553
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2840380.00/cwt380.00–380.003,1921
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2870500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,3501
CowsLean 85-90%94543.50/cwt43.50–43.504111
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79028.00/cwt28.00–28.002211
SteersMedium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2245136.00/cwt136.00–136.003331
SteersMedium and Large 2690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2923718.51/cwt670.00–770.006,6322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110580.00/cwt580.00–580.006,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,5141

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.