Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
31 vs last sale 118 97 vs year ago 184 · 52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
1 vs last sale 20 28 vs year ago 47 · 59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
4 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 12 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.04/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$122.04
29 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.17
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386126.0148723
Medium and Large 2409109.004464thin
Medium and Large 3380102.503902thin
One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $97 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 sale29 hd
122.04
MS average12 barns · 875 hd
113.87
+8.17
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24144.705557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10234.823846thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1Fancy435166.00/cwt166.00–166.007222
BullsMedium and Large 1332141.24/cwt138.00–145.004693
BullsMedium and Large 1355139.26/cwt134.00–150.004943
BullsMedium and Large 1453118.31/cwt115.00–120.005363
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,245750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
BullsMedium and Large 2295125.00/cwt125.00–125.003691
BullsMedium and Large 2350126.00/cwt123.00–129.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 1408119.47/cwt118.00–121.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1495114.75/cwt114.50–115.005682
HeifersMedium and Large 1228129.61/cwt125.00–135.002964
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1960650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,2401
SteersMedium and Large 1545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
BullsMedium and Large 3340109.00/cwt109.00–109.003711
BullsMedium and Large 2540103.00/cwt103.00–103.005561
BullsMedium and Large 2475111.01/cwt110.00–112.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 1312124.70/cwt121.00–127.003893
HeifersMedium and Large 2275119.00/cwt119.00–119.003271
HeifersMedium and Large 1519113.76/cwt112.00–115.005905
CowsLean 85-90%1,10234.82/cwt30.00–39.503846
SteersMedium and Large 2410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 250096.00/cwt96.00–96.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1369127.63/cwt123.00–131.004714
BullsMedium and Large 263596.00/cwt96.00–96.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1680111.50/cwt111.50–111.507582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24144.70/cwt40.00–49.505557
BullsMedium and Large 3385107.00/cwt107.00–107.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 3235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002591
HeifersMedium and Large 352595.00/cwt95.00–95.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 2430110.50/cwt110.00–111.004752
BullsMedium and Large 2340135.48/cwt134.00–137.004612

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.