Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-02-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 61▲ 64 vs year ago 31 · +206.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 35▲ 43 vs year ago 6 · +716.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 1▲ 13 vs year ago 1 · +1,300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 1-10 higher, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $212.86/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$212.86
33 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.84
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467217.311,01426
Medium and Large 2414196.338127thin
One grade step is worth $20.98/cwt here — about $202 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 sale33 hd
212.86
—
MS average13 barns · 1,003 hd
197.02
+15.84
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
Bulls—Average1,475101.711,5004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17791.801,08016
CowsLean 85-90%Average90475.236806thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,267$1,2413thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,083$1,1492thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,165$1,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$6301thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$1,4502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$1,4452thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,260$1,4452thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2—400163.00/cwt163.00–163.006521
BullsMedium and Large 2—355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533182.00/cwt182.00–182.009705
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495184.00/cwt184.00–184.009111
SteersMedium and Large 2—383198.03/cwt194.00–202.007582
SteersMedium and Large 2—425196.62/cwt194.00–199.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415188.98/cwt182.00–193.007844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 1—372235.00/cwt225.00–248.008745
SteersMedium and Large 1—418241.29/cwt236.00–245.001,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1—329236.46/cwt225.00–246.007784
SteersMedium and Large 1—715168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290183.00/cwt183.00–183.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—213187.76/cwt174.00–200.004002
SteersMedium and Large 1—605196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1—270237.00/cwt237.00–237.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2—480190.51/cwt190.00–191.009142
SteersMedium and Large 2—320204.00/cwt204.00–204.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1—466219.54/cwt204.00–236.001,0234
SteersMedium and Large 1—805172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3851
SteersMedium and Large 1—585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 2—270210.00/cwt210.00–210.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1—320221.06/cwt220.00–222.007072
BullsMedium and Large 1—370230.68/cwt223.00–243.008543
BullsMedium and Large 1—405226.00/cwt226.00–226.009151
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10889.51/cwt81.50–93.0099212
Bulls——1,91590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7241
Bulls——1,328105.61/cwt95.00–118.001,4033
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38398.68/cwt96.50–102.001,3654
CowsLean 85-90%—90475.23/cwt63.50–80.006806
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—975630.00/head630.00–630.006301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2251,445.00/head1,445.00–1,445.001,4452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2801,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2601,445.00/head1,445.00–1,445.001,4452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2671,241.41/head1,135.00–1,400.001,2413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1651,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0831,148.94/head950.00–1,315.001,1492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9751,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—455192.00/cwt192.00–192.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—367204.00/cwt204.00–204.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525167.00/cwt167.00–167.008771
BullsMedium and Large 2—330189.00/cwt189.00–189.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380203.68/cwt199.00–208.007742
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330190.95/cwt188.00–194.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280214.07/cwt210.00–218.005992
SteersMedium and Large 1—524195.78/cwt185.00–212.001,0264
SteersMedium and Large 1—760171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360181.00/cwt181.00–181.006521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—775154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—432190.00/cwt190.00–190.008214

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.