Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-05-23

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
11 vs last sale 39 25 vs year ago 75 · 33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
14 vs last sale 19 15 vs year ago 20 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week not enough to call trend but looked steday for feeders and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.46/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$133.46
19 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.15
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430136.5158615thin
Medium and Large 2445122.005434thin
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $43 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 sale19 hd
133.46
MS average13 barns · 1,348 hd
135.61
−2.15
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
BullsLow1,38580.001,1081thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99259.345893thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
SteersMedium and Large 2475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
BullsMedium and Large 1525149.00/cwt149.00–149.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1330140.27/cwt139.00–142.004633
HeifersMedium and Large 1471133.48/cwt132.00–135.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 1428139.08/cwt130.00–144.005956
SteersMedium and Large 2420156.00/cwt156.00–156.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1462163.63/cwt161.00–166.007563
SteersMedium and Large 1424167.15/cwt162.00–170.007096
SteersMedium and Large 1515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1550150.00/cwt150.00–150.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
SteersMedium and Large 1365169.00/cwt169.00–169.006171
HeifersMedium and Large 2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 2450128.00/cwt128.00–128.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 2505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
Bulls1,38580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1081
CowsLean 85-90%99259.34/cwt58.00–60.005893

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.