Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-06-06

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 6
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
24 vs last sale 125 25 vs year ago 76 · +32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
32 vs last sale 72 30 vs year ago 10 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
142 vs last sale 150 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were higher 2-6, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.88/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$144.88
34 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442149.5066014thin
Medium and Large 1-2537149.1080011thin
Medium and Large 2402132.535329thin
One grade step is worth $16.97/cwt here — about $128 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 sale34 hd
144.88
MS average13 barns · 1,430 hd
139.74
+5.14
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
BullsAverage1,810115.002,0821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17179.3792914
CowsLean 85-90%Average98470.1869112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82067.001,2191thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)910$7001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,245$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1610137.00/cwt137.00–137.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1495143.00/cwt143.00–143.007081
BullsMedium and Large 1555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1515149.00/cwt149.00–149.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1463177.05/cwt174.00–180.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1320178.00/cwt178.00–178.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0156
SteersMedium and Large 2322159.30/cwt158.00–160.005133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558172.00/cwt172.00–172.009604
SteersMedium and Large 2265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004371
SteersMedium and Large 2495134.00/cwt134.00–134.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2372155.64/cwt153.00–160.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 2365147.00/cwt147.00–147.005371
SteersMedium and Large 1418176.63/cwt172.00–181.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 1510143.00/cwt143.00–143.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 2293141.56/cwt134.00–149.004152
HeifersMedium and Large 1477147.38/cwt139.00–154.007035
SteersMedium and Large 1385181.00/cwt181.00–181.006971
HeifersMedium and Large 1340151.00/cwt151.00–151.005131
SteersMedium and Large 1255184.00/cwt184.00–184.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 2440121.00/cwt121.00–121.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 2472124.42/cwt118.00–143.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2335144.00/cwt144.00–144.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581150.00/cwt150.00–150.008727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459147.53/cwt146.00–149.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 1378152.14/cwt144.00–164.005753
BullsMedium and Large 2645128.00/cwt128.00–128.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007671
BullsMedium and Large 2375146.89/cwt145.00–149.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 1417155.24/cwt146.00–161.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2490139.00/cwt139.00–139.006811
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2910700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bulls1,810115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,0821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33885.74/cwt85.50–86.001,1472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,2191
CowsLean 85-90%98470.18/cwt62.00–77.5069112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14378.31/cwt70.00–85.0089512

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.