Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 14
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
32 vs last sale 118 13 vs year ago 137 · +9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
43 vs last sale 3 21 vs year ago 25 · +84.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
15 vs last sale 3 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeders steers sold unevenly from 8.00 lower to 8.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold higher 3.00 to 4.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.17/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$116.17
47 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.56
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410122.3350218thin
Medium and Large 2412113.0546626
Medium and Large 3370106.333943thin
One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $108 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 sale47 hd
116.17
MS average13 barns · 1,435 hd
122.74
−6.56
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
BullsAverage1,64078.331,2853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23553.2165714
CowsLean 85-90%Average94637.703574thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Bulls1,81080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4482
BullsLight Weight1,30075.00/cwt75.00–75.009751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17350.55/cwt45.00–54.505939
CowsLean 85-90%94637.70/cwt33.50–42.003574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34757.99/cwt56.50–60.257815
BullsMedium and Large 1430152.00/cwt152.00–152.006541
BullsMedium and Large 1465133.78/cwt130.00–137.006224
SteersMedium and Large 1578124.50/cwt123.50–125.507202
SteersMedium and Large 1390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1955714.76/cwt640.00–780.006,8262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,020880.00/cwt880.00–880.008,9761
BullsMedium and Large 1374152.34/cwt148.00–156.005704
SteersMedium and Large 1615121.50/cwt121.50–121.507471
HeifersMedium and Large 1429123.28/cwt120.00–127.005297
BullsMedium and Large 2323140.04/cwt135.00–144.004525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1988878.20/cwt770.00–950.008,6773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1870667.73/cwt640.00–690.005,8092
SteersMedium and Large 1650114.50/cwt114.50–114.507441
BullsMedium and Large 2508113.99/cwt113.00–115.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 1469117.05/cwt114.00–124.005494
SteersMedium and Large 2450128.00/cwt128.00–128.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
BullsMedium and Large 1735104.00/cwt104.00–104.007641
HeifersMedium and Large 1376126.94/cwt122.00–130.004774
HeifersMedium and Large 265595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
BullsMedium and Large 2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
SteersMedium and Large 2526124.51/cwt117.00–129.506555
SteersMedium and Large 1528131.17/cwt130.00–132.506933
HeifersMedium and Large 1285124.00/cwt124.00–124.003531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,209812.70/cwt710.00–940.009,8265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,365720.00/cwt720.00–720.009,8281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,283648.07/cwt610.00–680.008,3152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,090630.00/cwt630.00–630.006,8671
BullsMedium and Large 3460108.00/cwt108.00–108.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 2285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003422
BullsMedium and Large 3425121.76/cwt113.00–128.005175
HeifersMedium and Large 2218121.64/cwt120.00–125.002653
BullsMedium and Large 2233140.48/cwt140.00–141.003272
HeifersMedium and Large 2427113.68/cwt113.00–114.004853
BullsMedium and Large 2585106.00/cwt106.00–106.006201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,110880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,7681
BullsMedium and Large 2435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
SteersMedium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 2324118.15/cwt115.00–120.003835
HeifersMedium and Large 3295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003251
HeifersMedium and Large 2476109.24/cwt104.00–118.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 3408104.49/cwt104.00–105.004262
SteersMedium and Large 2215136.00/cwt136.00–136.002921
BullsMedium and Large 2620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006511
BullsMedium and Large 2485121.00/cwt121.00–121.005871
BullsMedium and Large 3377128.10/cwt123.00–134.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 2360118.00/cwt117.00–119.004252
SteersMedium and Large 2370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
SteersMedium and Large 1418148.89/cwt143.00–155.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 1215125.00/cwt125.00–125.002691
BullsMedium and Large 2395139.50/cwt136.00–143.005512
SteersMedium and Large 2250148.00/cwt148.00–148.003701
HeifersMedium and Large 2580103.00/cwt103.00–103.005971
HeifersMedium and Large 2521107.91/cwt105.00–112.005624

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.