Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 45▲ 7 vs year ago 20 · +35.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 85▲ 9 vs year ago 6 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 9 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable data to call trends. Light run

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.50/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$109.50
8 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.90
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2403113.504572thin
Medium and Large 1551111.606155thin
Medium and Large 345091.004101thin
One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $47 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 sale8 hd
109.50
—
MS average13 barns · 891 hd
121.40
−11.90
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
Bulls—Average1,86093.501,7391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24268.3184811
CowsLean 85-90%Average95055.005231thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 2—345116.00/cwt116.00–116.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510119.00/cwt119.00–119.006071
HeifersMedium and Large 3—45091.00/cwt91.00–91.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—700575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,0251
BullsMedium and Large 2—60099.00/cwt99.00–99.005941
BullsMedium and Large 2—71094.00/cwt94.00–94.006671
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23054.50/cwt54.50–54.506701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—770800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,1601
Bulls——1,86093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,7391
CowsLean 85-90%—95055.00/cwt55.00–55.005231
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19066.84/cwt62.00–70.007955
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29672.55/cwt70.50–75.009405
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—640800.00/cwt800.00–800.005,1201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460111.00/cwt111.00–111.005111
SteersMedium and Large 2—645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,180.00/cwt1,180.00–1,180.0013,3931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550109.00/cwt109.00–109.006001

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.