Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
1 vs last sale 31 54 vs year ago 84 · 64.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
42 vs last sale 57 6 vs year ago 9 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 13 10 vs year ago 17 · 58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comperd to last week it was a lighter run, not really enugh to call a trend. calves and slaughter seemed steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.54/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$149.54
18 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$425
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.45
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2377151.535715thin
Medium and Large 1642151.339713thin
Medium and Large 1-2673148.0099610thin
One grade step is worth $3.53/cwt here — about −$425 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 sale18 hd
149.54
MS average13 barns · 772 hd
166.99
−17.45
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
BullsAverage1,478110.451,6322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02479.248125thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93962.685896thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
BullsMedium and Large 2675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
SteersMedium and Large 1615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1655157.00/cwt155.00–159.001,0282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673148.00/cwt148.00–148.0099610
SteersMedium and Large 2377151.53/cwt146.00–160.005715
HeifersMedium and Large 2275132.00/cwt132.00–132.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 2377133.50/cwt133.50–133.505034
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,094.85/cwt1,070.00–1,130.0013,0832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,4341
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 2650400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6002
Bulls1,478110.45/cwt100.00–118.001,6322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00977.67/cwt75.50–80.007844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08585.50/cwt85.50–85.509281
CowsLean 85-90%93962.68/cwt55.00–70.005896

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.