Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
74 vs last sale 143 19 vs year ago 198 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
4 vs last sale 18 0 vs year ago 22 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
30 vs last sale 10 38 vs year ago 2 · +1,900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle mostly steady, slaughter cattle steady. Load of really nice black/black baldy's listed as M&L 1-2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.92/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$147.92
67 head · 721 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$450
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$32.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2759149.501,13557
Medium and Large 1492141.336959thin
Medium and Large 2585117.006841thin
One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $450 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 sale67 hd
147.92
MS average13 barns · 798 hd
147.51
+0.40
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
BullsAverage1,52570.001,0681thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05452.975584thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40052.007281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07542.434563thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1323160.40/cwt153.00–165.005183
BullsMedium and Large 1472137.47/cwt133.00–147.006496
BullsMedium and Large 1540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
BullsMedium and Large 1295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
BullsMedium and Large 1573122.06/cwt120.00–124.006992
BullsMedium and Large 2425128.85/cwt121.00–136.005482
SteersMedium and Large 1468141.70/cwt134.00–150.006632
SteersMedium and Large 1360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1595129.00/cwt129.00–129.007681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,13557
HeifersMedium and Large 2413104.12/cwt100.00–108.004302
HeifersMedium and Large 1345134.00/cwt134.00–134.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
SteersMedium and Large 1690127.00/cwt127.00–127.008761
SteersMedium and Large 1418150.79/cwt146.00–156.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 2485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489127.50/cwt127.50–127.506236
HeifersMedium and Large 2322116.25/cwt110.00–125.003743
SteersMedium and Large 1505140.50/cwt140.00–141.007102
SteersMedium and Large 2585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 2582112.50/cwt112.50–112.506552
HeifersMedium and Large 2368110.09/cwt100.00–116.004053
BullsMedium and Large 2522116.25/cwt100.00–122.006075
BullsMedium and Large 2374139.66/cwt130.00–145.0052210
BullsMedium and Large 1414147.38/cwt136.00–160.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 267398.46/cwt97.00–100.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2315130.33/cwt120.00–140.004113
BullsMedium and Large 1359158.61/cwt148.00–166.005694
BullsMedium and Large 2273145.91/cwt139.00–154.003983
BullsMedium and Large 2475113.48/cwt113.00–114.005392
BullsMedium and Large 2570114.00/cwt114.00–114.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2275125.00/cwt125.00–125.003442
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5851,725.00/cwt1,725.00–1,725.0027,3411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1791,165.14/cwt800.00–1,300.0013,73717
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,5482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,9861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1571,117.44/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0012,9296
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,098911.16/cwt800.00–1,000.0010,0052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3521,040.38/cwt900.00–1,175.0014,0666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05452.97/cwt50.00–57.005584
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40052.00/cwt52.00–52.007281
Bulls1,52570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0681
CowsLean 85-90%1,07542.43/cwt40.00–45.004563

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.