Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to before Christmas break the calves were a little stronger, Slaughter Cows were Stronger. Good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.82/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$130.82

13 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.36

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	410	132.66	544	6thin
Medium and Large 2	383	129.24	495	7thin

One grade step is worth $3.42/cwt here — about $49 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 sale13 hd

130.82

—

MS average6 barns · 451 hd

138.17

−7.36

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,085	95.00	1,981	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	71.79	973	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,522	65.78	1,001	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	53.75	590	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	136.50/cwt	135.00–138.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	131.22/cwt	125.00–140.00	409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	130.48/cwt	129.00–132.00	548	2
Bulls	—	—	2,085	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,981	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	70.98/cwt	64.00–75.50	948	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,483	77.02/cwt	76.50–77.50	1,142	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	65.78/cwt	64.00–69.50	1,001	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	58.75/cwt	55.00–62.50	709	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	45.41/cwt	40.00–47.50	416	3

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Jan 3, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 145Year ago 61

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 30Year ago 7

Compared to before Christmas break the calves were a little stronger, Slaughter Cows were Stronger. Good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	190.00	190.00
1	—	310	189.00	189.00
1	—	590	136.00	136.00
2	—	385	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	143.00	143.00
1	—	235	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	118.00	118.00
2	—	370	135.00–138.00	136.50
3	—	312	125.00–140.00	131.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
2	—	420	129.00–132.00	130.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	179.00	179.00
1	—	435	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,085	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,336	64.00–75.50	70.98
2	—	1,483	76.50–77.50	77.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,522	64.00–69.50	65.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,207	55.00–62.50	58.75
3	—	917	40.00–47.50	45.41

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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