Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough cattle on offer for an accurate price trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.38/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$125.38

26 head · 390 lb average

Value per head Derived

$488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$7.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.68

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	401	129.73	520	10thin
Medium and Large 2	383	122.66	469	16thin

One grade step is worth $7.08/cwt here — about $50 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

125.38

—

MS average13 barns · 717 hd

116.70

+8.68

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	1,250	49.49	619	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	870	43.65	380	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	295	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	126.38/cwt	123.00–130.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	119.88/cwt	118.00–121.00	659	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	245	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	119.25/cwt	119.00–119.50	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	124.96/cwt	122.00–128.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	144.69/cwt	142.00–147.00	441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	114.95/cwt	113.00–117.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	134.35/cwt	120.00–144.00	356	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	49.49/cwt	49.00–50.00	619	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	40.48/cwt	40.00–41.00	336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	682	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 Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 93Year ago 274

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 20Year ago 34

Compared to last week: Not enough cattle on offer for an accurate price trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	126.00	126.00
4	—	328	122.00–124.00	122.99
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
4	—	366	120.00–122.00	120.98
1	—	605	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	550	118.00–121.00	119.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	107.00	107.00
1	—	380	103.00	103.00
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	300	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	130.00–132.00	131.00
2	—	430	123.00–130.00	126.38
2	—	478	119.00–119.50	119.25
3	—	305	142.00–147.00	144.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	144.00	144.00
3	—	337	125.00–130.00	126.98
2	—	355	122.00–128.00	124.96
2	—	468	113.00–117.00	114.95
5	—	265	120.00–144.00	134.35
1	—	675	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	635	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	122.50	122.50
1	—	325	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	49.00–50.00	49.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	50.00	50.00
2	—	830	40.00–41.00	40.48

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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