Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-07-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
13 vs last sale 128 29 vs year ago 86 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
94 vs last sale 115 7 vs year ago 14 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 8 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to $3 higher, slaughter cattle were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.81/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$141.81
46 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460146.5067413thin
Medium and Large 1-2514143.7573922
Medium and Large 2394132.4052111thin
One grade step is worth $14.10/cwt here — about $153 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 sale46 hd
141.81
MS average7 barns · 744 hd
136.97
+4.84
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11086.739637thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99465.116476thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$8701thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$1,0302thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)965$8001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)840$6501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)725$4001thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2466158.37/cwt157.50–160.007383
BullsMedium and Large 1363175.73/cwt173.00–179.006383
SteersMedium and Large 1630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
SteersMedium and Large 1570164.00/cwt164.00–164.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0102
HeifersMedium and Large 1600139.00/cwt139.00–139.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 2383131.53/cwt120.00–144.005044
HeifersMedium and Large 2295143.00/cwt143.00–143.004221
SteersMedium and Large 1430163.00/cwt163.00–163.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1513166.33/cwt160.00–174.008533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330151.00/cwt151.00–151.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 2220154.00/cwt154.00–154.003391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0322
HeifersMedium and Large 1485154.00/cwt154.00–154.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 2405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567137.09/cwt130.00–140.007777
HeifersMedium and Large 1523136.96/cwt134.00–140.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1378148.76/cwt140.00–154.005625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445148.99/cwt146.00–151.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1420150.59/cwt148.00–153.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487148.65/cwt140.00–157.007246
HeifersMedium and Large 2470123.82/cwt117.00–138.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 1700142.00/cwt142.00–142.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519149.82/cwt144.00–154.0077810
BullsMedium and Large 2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1433157.50/cwt157.00–158.006822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2672140.00/cwt140.00–140.009412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006462
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2725400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2840650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2965800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,030.46/head1,020.00–1,040.001,0302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050870.00/head870.00–870.008701
CowsLean 85-90%97059.88/cwt54.00–63.005813
CowsLean 85-90%82051.00/cwt51.00–51.004181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10485.44/cwt80.00–92.009436
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14594.50/cwt94.50–94.501,0821
CowsLean 85-90%1,11880.00/cwt80.00–80.008942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427167.86/cwt164.00–173.007179
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590148.00/cwt148.00–148.008732
BullsMedium and Large 1483157.48/cwt153.00–162.007612
BullsMedium and Large 1340177.00/cwt177.00–177.006021

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.