Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-11-16

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 16
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
14 vs last sale 184 38 vs year ago 160 · +23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
4 vs last sale 26 3 vs year ago 19 · +15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
3 vs last sale 5 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle and slaughter cattle both sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.89/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$117.89
65 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.95
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2421124.9552610thin
Medium and Large 1411123.2750729
Medium and Large 2470111.8452522
Medium and Large 350694.484784thin
One grade step is worth $30.48/cwt here — about $48 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 sale65 hd
117.89
MS average13 barns · 1,538 hd
121.84
−3.95
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
BullsAverage1,52170.581,0735thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18151.796118thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06336.003832thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1540115.50/cwt115.50–115.506241
SteersMedium and Large 1517133.47/cwt131.00–140.506906
SteersMedium and Large 1561128.46/cwt124.00–132.507215
SteersMedium and Large 2443136.02/cwt132.00–140.006032
SteersMedium and Large 2615114.50/cwt114.50–114.507041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462144.00/cwt144.00–144.006655
SteersMedium and Large 1470140.11/cwt135.00–150.006596
SteersMedium and Large 1620125.02/cwt123.00–127.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1358158.01/cwt157.00–159.005662
SteersMedium and Large 2558117.65/cwt116.00–120.006563
BullsMedium and Large 2380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 1329131.66/cwt125.00–136.004336
HeifersMedium and Large 1408124.31/cwt122.00–126.005073
BullsMedium and Large 1333159.21/cwt155.00–165.005305
BullsMedium and Large 2295148.00/cwt148.00–148.004371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503145.50/cwt145.50–145.507328
SteersMedium and Large 1665117.98/cwt117.00–119.007852
SteersMedium and Large 1245172.50/cwt172.50–172.504231
SteersMedium and Large 1440148.44/cwt143.00–150.006537
HeifersMedium and Large 1468116.99/cwt113.00–120.005488
BullsMedium and Large 1-2293167.50/cwt167.50–167.504914
HeifersMedium and Large 1575106.93/cwt105.00–109.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 1284131.80/cwt126.00–137.003744
HeifersMedium and Large 1375127.90/cwt123.00–133.004804
BullsMedium and Large 1365155.16/cwt153.00–157.505662
BullsMedium and Large 1225157.69/cwt151.00–165.003552
BullsMedium and Large 1610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,405850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,9431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,045650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,7931
BullsMedium and Large 1275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004291
BullsLight Weight1,29869.52/cwt64.50–72.509023
BullsMedium and Large 371580.00/cwt80.00–80.005721
BullsMedium and Large 362593.00/cwt93.00–93.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 3440103.00/cwt103.00–103.004531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33057.47/cwt56.50–58.507642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13149.89/cwt43.50–53.505646
HeifersMedium and Large 355590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2525128.50/cwt128.50–128.506751
BullsMedium and Large 268096.04/cwt93.00–99.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2468124.73/cwt116.00–133.005842
CowsLean 85-90%1,06336.00/cwt30.00–40.003832
Bulls1,85572.16/cwt67.50–77.001,3392
HeifersMedium and Large 351592.45/cwt90.00–95.004762
SteersMedium and Large 2487129.76/cwt126.00–134.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 2470107.00/cwt104.00–111.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 2382119.34/cwt119.00–120.004563
SteersMedium and Large 3545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 3525101.00/cwt101.00–101.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 2528110.99/cwt107.00–114.005866
BullsMedium and Large 2330149.00/cwt149.00–149.004921
BullsMedium and Large 2405139.00/cwt139.00–139.005631
BullsMedium and Large 2571105.01/cwt102.00–108.006005
BullsMedium and Large 3480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
BullsMedium and Large 3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005651
SteersMedium and Large 2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2391150.00/cwt150.00–150.005875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365133.00/cwt133.00–133.004853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445121.50/cwt121.50–121.505417
HeifersMedium and Large 2558104.99/cwt103.00–107.005862
SteersMedium and Large 2385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 2426115.26/cwt110.00–119.004916

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.