Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-06-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
28 vs last sale 100 12 vs year ago 140 · 8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
74 vs last sale 41 73 vs year ago 42 · +173.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
42 vs last sale 50 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were steady to 4 higher, heifers were higher 3-8, slaughter cows were higher 3-10.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.75/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$142.75
42 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426147.5862818thin
Medium and Large 1-2515146.3375315thin
Medium and Large 2503127.136399thin
One grade step is worth $20.45/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale42 hd
142.75
MS average13 barns · 911 hd
139.89
+2.86
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
BullsAverage1,445115.191,6642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19289.571,06717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57580.001,2601thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02473.3975144

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$1,2701thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$8401thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,270$1,3102thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,110$7314thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
BullsMedium and Large 1635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008381
BullsMedium and Large 2467129.28/cwt120.00–141.006043
BullsMedium and Large 2370148.59/cwt144.00–152.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 1335146.40/cwt140.00–153.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420154.00/cwt154.00–154.006472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008763
BullsMedium and Large 2435138.00/cwt138.00–138.006001
BullsMedium 1375173.00/cwt173.00–173.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1340172.00/cwt172.00–172.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1415158.98/cwt153.00–166.006603
BullsMedium and Large 1450155.00/cwt154.00–156.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1368171.00/cwt159.00–180.006293
BullsMedium and Large 2290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004181
SteersMedium and Large 1573159.52/cwt155.00–164.009142
SteersMedium and Large 1450184.00/cwt184.00–184.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2169175.00/cwt175.00–175.002963
HeifersMedium and Large 2390133.00/cwt133.00–133.005191
HeifersMedium and Large 2555148.00/cwt148.00–148.008211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427169.00/cwt169.00–169.007223
SteersMedium and Large 2285156.00/cwt156.00–156.004451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539164.00/cwt164.00–164.0088412
SteersMedium and Large 2580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 2210160.00/cwt160.00–160.003361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006862
SteersMedium and Large 1525165.00/cwt165.00–165.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497168.71/cwt165.00–180.008388
HeifersMedium and Large 1570141.82/cwt137.00–147.008082
HeifersMedium and Large 1383150.26/cwt144.00–163.005754
HeifersMedium and Large 1422148.36/cwt140.00–156.006266
HeifersMedium and Large 1275159.00/cwt159.00–159.004371
HeifersMedium and Large 2522120.79/cwt118.00–125.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532147.00/cwt147.00–147.007829
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18186.99/cwt80.00–94.001,02713
CowsLean 85-90%97662.49/cwt58.00–66.006106
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22697.96/cwt96.50–100.001,2014
Bulls1,445115.19/cwt112.00–118.001,6642
CowsLean 85-90%1,03175.11/cwt60.00–84.0077438
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,270.00/head1,270.00–1,270.001,2701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885840.00/head840.00–840.008401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4051,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,110730.63/head680.00–800.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 1450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
BullsMedium and Large 2325149.50/cwt149.50–149.504861
BullsMedium and Large 1525149.83/cwt138.00–156.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 1533142.39/cwt138.00–147.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557142.00/cwt142.00–142.007912

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.