Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-11-14

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 109▲ 32 vs year ago 217 · +14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▲ 10 vs year ago 22 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 34 vs year ago 40 · −85.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steersand heifers sold mostly steady, Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.09/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$145.09
66 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.50
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415155.7964612thin
Medium and Large 1433150.4265233
Medium and Large 2373130.6148721
One grade step is worth $25.18/cwt here — about $159 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 sale66 hd
145.09
—
MS average13 barns · 1,623 hd
148.59
−3.50
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
Bulls—Average1,59073.811,1742thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24464.3880111
CowsLean 85-90%Average92947.9744511

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$7901thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—335191.00/cwt191.00–191.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427153.73/cwt139.00–165.006565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474146.94/cwt132.00–158.006968
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573137.79/cwt130.00–145.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326156.44/cwt148.00–164.005104
SteersMedium and Large 2—340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2—465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528127.58/cwt125.00–130.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370136.05/cwt134.00–138.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—309133.45/cwt122.00–140.004128
SteersMedium and Large 2—435167.00/cwt167.00–167.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2—550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008361
SteersMedium and Large 1—473175.58/cwt170.00–183.008306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382155.00/cwt155.00–155.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—431156.18/cwt148.00–159.006738
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415128.96/cwt128.00–130.005353
SteersMedium and Large 1—555168.00/cwt165.00–171.009322
SteersMedium and Large 1—520164.90/cwt160.00–170.008572
SteersMedium and Large 1—373190.28/cwt184.00–197.007104
SteersMedium and Large 1—632163.04/cwt160.00–166.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 2—505154.98/cwt150.00–160.007833
SteersMedium and Large 2—380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1—488162.46/cwt160.00–165.007932
BullsMedium and Large 1—620134.00/cwt134.00–134.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1—373176.10/cwt171.00–181.006572
BullsMedium and Large 1—337179.38/cwt175.00–183.006053
BullsMedium and Large 1—575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008681
BullsMedium and Large 1—230189.00/cwt189.00–189.004351
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20763.32/cwt59.00–70.0076410
CowsLean 85-90%—94348.77/cwt40.00–60.0046010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,61075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2081
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—78540.00/cwt40.00–40.003141
Bulls——1,59073.81/cwt70.00–77.001,1742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,275790.00/head790.00–790.007901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,100800.00/head800.00–800.008001
BullsMedium and Large 2—638127.01/cwt125.00–131.008103
BullsMedium and Large 2—380154.28/cwt149.00–160.005862
BullsMedium and Large 1—419160.53/cwt150.00–168.006734
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—465171.00/cwt171.00–171.007954
BullsMedium and Large 2—472139.49/cwt130.00–149.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2—400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376156.72/cwt140.00–169.005899
BullsMedium and Large 2—522132.46/cwt125.00–139.006913
BullsMedium and Large 2—655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008061
BullsMedium and Large 2—565132.79/cwt119.00–143.007504
BullsMedium and Large 2—313166.23/cwt160.00–171.005204
BullsMedium and Large 2—273155.35/cwt140.00–170.004246
HeifersMedium and Large 2—287135.72/cwt131.00–140.003903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—621148.00/cwt148.00–148.009193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—389179.00/cwt179.00–179.006966
BullsMedium and Large 1—513143.46/cwt142.00–145.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508141.58/cwt135.00–153.007195
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483117.98/cwt115.00–120.005703
SteersMedium and Large 1—422176.94/cwt171.00–184.007475

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.