Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-02-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 28
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
47 vs last sale 78 84 vs year ago 115 · 73.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
0 vs last sale 6 26 vs year ago 32 · 81.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 23 vs year ago 24 · 95.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was much smaller run due to the the heavy rain in the area, not really enough to call a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.71/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$159.71
7 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$37.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.99
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2420173.007273thin
Medium and Large 1428164.007012thin
Medium and Large 2515135.506982thin
One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $29 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 sale7 hd
159.71
MS average13 barns · 563 hd
171.70
−11.99
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
BullsAverage1,14080.009121thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08975.188183thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01564.506551thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1315175.00/cwt175.00–175.005511
BullsMedium and Large 1350174.00/cwt174.00–174.006091
BullsMedium and Large 2485144.00/cwt144.00–144.006981
BullsMedium and Large 2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
BullsMedium and Large 2225167.50/cwt167.50–167.503771
HeifersMedium and Large 1535122.00/cwt122.00–122.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420173.00/cwt173.00–173.007273
HeifersMedium and Large 2255130.00/cwt130.00–130.003321
HeifersMedium and Large 1310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587126.00/cwt126.00–126.007402
SteersMedium and Large 1455162.00/cwt162.00–162.007371
SteersMedium and Large 2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
SteersMedium and Large 2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1640126.00/cwt126.00–126.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007191
SteersMedium and Large 1400166.00/cwt166.00–166.006641
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9001
Bulls1,14080.00/cwt80.00–80.009121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,0711
CowsLean 85-90%1,01564.50/cwt64.50–64.506551
CowsBoner 80-85%96872.52/cwt70.00–75.007022

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.