Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 1-8 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.49/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$171.49

30 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$65.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.90

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	174.25	899	24
Medium and Large 1	449	170.74	767	5thin
Medium and Large 2	615	109.00	670	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.25/cwt here — about $229 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 sale30 hd

171.49

—

MS average13 barns · 1,008 hd

159.59

+11.90

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,555	79.00	1,228	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	68.00	768	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	47.29	471	4thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	137.49/cwt	136.00–139.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	158.90/cwt	150.00–163.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	144.24/cwt	135.00–152.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	131.46/cwt	125.00–139.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	168.00/cwt	163.00–173.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	174.36/cwt	170.00–179.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	139.06/cwt	132.00–143.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	116.34/cwt	114.00–120.00	387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	167.05/cwt	164.00–170.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	218	164.39/cwt	155.00–174.00	358	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	141.67/cwt	135.00–150.00	514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	117.98/cwt	117.00–119.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	131.36/cwt	124.00–136.00	608	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,228	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	55.62/cwt	52.00–59.00	633	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	38.96/cwt	38.00–40.00	333	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	768	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Oct 24, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 153Year ago 74

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 37Year ago 11

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 1-8 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
1	—	540	136.00	136.00
3	—	218	155.00–174.00	164.39
3	—	363	135.00–150.00	141.67
2	—	568	117.00–119.00	117.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	154.00	154.00
1	—	805	118.00	118.00
2	—	575	136.00–139.00	137.49
4	—	423	150.00–163.00	158.90
5	—	480	135.00–152.00	144.24
3	—	528	132.00–143.00	139.06
2	—	310	164.00–170.00	167.05
2	—	600	130.00–136.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	125.00–139.00	131.46
1	—	350	129.00	129.00
1	—	535	136.00	136.00
2	—	578	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	320	131.00	131.00
3	—	463	124.00–136.00	131.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
3	—	333	114.00–120.00	116.34
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	160.00	160.00
11	—	525	178.00	178.00
6	—	450	179.00	179.00
3	—	400	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	163.00–173.00	168.00
1	—	510	169.00	169.00
2	—	413	170.00–179.00	174.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	79.00	79.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	52.00–59.00	55.62
2	—	855	38.00–40.00	38.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	68.00	68.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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