Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-08-15

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
49 vs last sale 102 13 vs year ago 138 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
39 vs last sale 22 21 vs year ago 40 · +52.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 5 5 vs year ago 16 · 31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were steady to $7 higher, Heifers steady to $6higher, Bull calves higher 2-8, sslaughter cows and bulls steady to $6 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $174.49/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$174.49
57 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415183.8976421
Medium and Large 1-2446175.0078018thin
Medium and Large 2413162.9967218thin
One grade step is worth $20.90/cwt here — about $92 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 sale57 hd
174.49
MS average13 barns · 580 hd
151.85
+22.64
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
BullsLow1,658108.131,7926thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23281.741,00724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02571.8473614

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,197$1,2906
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,420$1,2501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)895$8301thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1422157.12/cwt154.00–163.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005661
SteersMedium and Large 2540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505169.50/cwt169.50–169.508562
HeifersMedium and Large 2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487141.00/cwt141.00–141.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 1375158.59/cwt152.00–163.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 1477154.06/cwt147.00–164.007355
HeifersMedium and Large 1573141.01/cwt137.00–146.008083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366166.00/cwt166.00–166.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 2342149.64/cwt145.00–154.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 1240166.00/cwt166.00–166.003981
HeifersMedium and Large 2570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008321
SteersMedium and Large 1450191.00/cwt191.00–191.008601
SteersMedium and Large 1560164.00/cwt164.00–164.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495173.00/cwt173.00–173.008566
SteersMedium and Large 2355166.00/cwt166.00–166.005891
SteersMedium and Large 2595145.00/cwt145.00–145.008631
BullsMedium and Large 1615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009531
BullsMedium and Large 1338207.85/cwt199.00–219.007033
BullsMedium and Large 1360195.00/cwt193.00–199.007023
BullsMedium and Large 1285208.04/cwt207.00–209.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1432178.80/cwt166.00–190.007727
BullsMedium and Large 1550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008361
CowsLean 85-90%1,02571.84/cwt65.50–77.0073614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18580.96/cwt75.00–85.0095920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46685.67/cwt85.00–87.001,2564
Bulls1,32577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0201
Bulls1,724114.36/cwt110.00–119.001,9725
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2895830.00/head830.00–830.008301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2725104.48/cwt94.00–128.007573
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1971,290.01/head1,200.00–1,340.001,2906
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4201,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
BullsMedium and Large 2430159.50/cwt154.00–165.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2477160.93/cwt158.00–167.007686
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568160.00/cwt160.00–160.009094
BullsMedium and Large 2210186.00/cwt186.00–186.003911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381187.00/cwt187.00–187.007128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450169.00/cwt169.00–169.007616
BullsMedium and Large 1468169.64/cwt163.00–178.007944
BullsMedium and Large 2518148.94/cwt145.00–155.007723
BullsMedium and Large 2395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2285150.35/cwt140.00–160.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1332163.08/cwt160.00–169.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1633143.55/cwt139.00–148.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 1542147.35/cwt145.00–152.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447158.00/cwt158.00–158.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 1255156.00/cwt156.00–156.003981
BullsMedium and Large 2325185.27/cwt180.00–189.006023

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.