Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-03-07

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
36 vs last sale 31 48 vs year ago 115 · 41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
13 vs last sale 6 8 vs year ago 11 · +72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 1 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers looked mostly steady, sluaghter cattle were steady to 4 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.57/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$130.57
21 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.27
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1382140.345369thin
Medium and Large 1-2430136.005851thin
Medium and Large 2429122.0952411thin
One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $13 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 sale21 hd
130.57
MS average13 barns · 1,051 hd
143.84
−13.27
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
BullsAverage1,725104.501,8031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99377.687714thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01561.166214thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1235200.00/cwt200.00–200.004701
BullsMedium and Large 1355172.50/cwt172.50–172.506121
BullsMedium and Large 1415169.00/cwt169.00–169.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007471
BullsMedium and Large 2395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006361
BullsMedium and Large 2265163.00/cwt163.00–163.004321
SteersMedium and Large 2535129.80/cwt127.00–132.506942
HeifersMedium and Large 1500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2370132.89/cwt131.00–135.004922
SteersMedium and Large 2345166.00/cwt166.00–166.005731
SteersMedium and Large 1486163.00/cwt163.00–163.007923
SteersMedium and Large 1365182.43/cwt177.50–187.506662
HeifersMedium and Large 1303142.84/cwt141.00–145.004333
HeifersMedium and Large 2440118.04/cwt112.00–128.005196
HeifersMedium and Large 1378146.21/cwt145.00–147.505532
SteersMedium and Large 2395167.50/cwt167.50–167.506621
BullsMedium and Large 2245158.00/cwt158.00–158.003871
BullsMedium and Large 2430147.50/cwt147.50–147.506341
HeifersMedium and Large 2330134.00/cwt134.00–134.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 1405138.04/cwt135.00–141.005592
SteersMedium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2505137.50/cwt137.50–137.506941
BullsMedium and Large 2345178.00/cwt178.00–178.006141
BullsMedium and Large 1318188.46/cwt184.00–193.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2685420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,8771
Bulls1,725104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,8031
CowsBoner 80-85%99377.68/cwt72.00–81.507714
CowsLean 85-90%98058.21/cwt55.00–65.005703
CowsLean 85-90%1,12070.00/cwt70.00–70.007841

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.