Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
92 vs last sale 27 66 vs year ago 53 · +124.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
19 vs last sale 15 32 vs year ago 2 · +1,600.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 2 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there wasn't enough data to compare to from last week, but the feeders look a little higher slaughter cows were higher 2-4

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.91/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$115.91
52 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$510
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2387122.934767thin
Medium and Large 1468121.2756715thin
Medium and Large 2439111.6049030
One grade step is worth $11.33/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale52 hd
115.91
MS average13 barns · 1,127 hd
123.42
−7.51
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
BullsAverage1,46084.141,2282thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56072.181,1264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22168.1083213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01249.695038thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2340118.98/cwt118.50–120.004053
BullsMedium and Large 1725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1336151.80/cwt144.00–154.505104
BullsMedium and Large 1558119.67/cwt119.00–120.006683
BullsMedium and Large 2392128.00/cwt128.00–128.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 2660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
SteersMedium and Large 2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 1655103.00/cwt103.00–103.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1328148.26/cwt146.00–150.004863
BullsMedium and Large 1470136.40/cwt132.00–141.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377125.50/cwt125.50–125.504734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400119.50/cwt119.50–119.504783
SteersMedium and Large 1421143.05/cwt141.00–143.506027
HeifersMedium and Large 1385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
HeifersMedium and Large 1518118.08/cwt115.00–123.506124
SteersMedium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09461.98/cwt60.00–63.506784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34275.04/cwt73.50–77.001,0073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24568.72/cwt66.50–71.508566
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81845.97/cwt45.00–47.003762
CowsLean 85-90%1,07852.73/cwt50.50–55.505684
Bulls1,46084.14/cwt80.50–87.501,2282
HeifersMedium and Large 2565102.52/cwt100.00–105.005792
SteersMedium and Large 2300129.00/cwt129.00–129.003871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006424
SteersMedium and Large 2645103.00/cwt103.00–103.006641
SteersMedium and Large 1455143.00/cwt143.00–143.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 1463125.17/cwt120.00–128.505803
SteersMedium and Large 1385148.99/cwt148.00–150.005742
BullsMedium and Large 1370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
SteersMedium and Large 2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 1419123.03/cwt121.00–128.505156
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59373.74/cwt73.25–74.501,1753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46067.50/cwt67.50–67.509861
CowsLean 85-90%1,07347.32/cwt46.50–48.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 2473107.38/cwt100.00–115.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 2362113.33/cwt113.00–114.004103
HeifersMedium and Large 262592.50/cwt92.50–92.505781
BullsMedium and Large 1420136.00/cwt136.00–136.005711
BullsMedium and Large 1675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2885920.00/cwt920.00–920.008,1421
HeifersMedium and Large 2518107.75/cwt106.00–110.005585
HeifersMedium and Large 2431115.08/cwt103.00–118.0049610
HeifersMedium and Large 2265113.40/cwt110.00–120.003013

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.