Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-12-12

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
37 vs last sale 106 76 vs year ago 145 · 52.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 24 vs year ago 30 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a lighter run. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $8 higher, not enough slaugher cattle to call a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.71/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$140.71
23 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.70
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476145.1869119thin
Medium and Large 3230125.002881thin
Medium and Large 2510117.676003thin
One grade step is worth $27.51/cwt here — about $91 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 sale23 hd
140.71
MS average13 barns · 1,526 hd
155.41
−14.70
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
BullsAverage1,40085.001,1901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06060.006361thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 1466151.00/cwt151.00–151.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 3230125.00/cwt125.00–125.002881
HeifersMedium and Large 2440123.00/cwt123.00–123.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 1521141.00/cwt140.00–145.007355
HeifersMedium and Large 1265140.00/cwt140.00–140.003711
SteersMedium and Large 1420181.00/cwt181.00–181.007601
SteersMedium and Large 1762150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1432
HeifersMedium and Large 2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1615139.46/cwt135.00–144.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 1415156.83/cwt154.00–161.006514
SteersMedium and Large 2520135.19/cwt125.00–145.007032
SteersMedium and Large 2350166.00/cwt166.00–166.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1470172.48/cwt171.00–174.008112
CowsLean 85-90%1,06060.00/cwt60.00–60.006361
Bulls1,40085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 1565137.08/cwt134.00–140.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1638153.95/cwt150.00–158.009822
SteersMedium and Large 1520174.00/cwt174.00–174.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 1378140.00/cwt140.00–140.005292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0171
BullsMedium and Large 2335161.00/cwt161.00–161.005391
BullsMedium and Large 3240110.00/cwt110.00–110.002641
BullsMedium and Large 2370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
BullsMedium and Large 2795114.00/cwt114.00–114.009061
BullsMedium and Large 1525144.08/cwt140.00–148.007562
BullsMedium and Large 1575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007991

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.