Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-03-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 27
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
32 vs last sale 83 34 vs year ago 149 · 22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
1 vs last sale 34 27 vs year ago 62 · 43.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 35 vs year ago 38 · 92.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady, slaughter cows and bull sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.84/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$231.84
35 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.66
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455234.701,06919thin
Medium and Large 1-2557228.441,27316thin
One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale35 hd
231.84
MS average13 barns · 1,137 hd
214.17
+17.66
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
BullsAverage1,537102.051,5683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13596.071,09015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14088.001,0031thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89176.236796thin

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)1,085$1,2601thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$1,0951thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)750$7001thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1378254.15/cwt249.00–259.009614
BullsMedium and Large 1573180.42/cwt173.00–190.001,0344
BullsMedium and Large 1322258.94/cwt235.00–276.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 2330189.00/cwt189.00–189.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1920149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3711
BullsMedium and Large 1290276.00/cwt276.00–276.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1525204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 1323212.79/cwt210.00–216.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 1463201.76/cwt198.00–209.009343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2882
SteersMedium and Large 1635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3325
HeifersMedium and Large 2275169.98/cwt155.00–185.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 1580182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2159
SteersMedium and Large 1515233.04/cwt229.00–237.001,2002
SteersMedium and Large 1431235.03/cwt213.00–249.001,0136
HeifersMedium and Large 1363220.50/cwt214.00–226.008006
HeifersMedium and Large 2585169.00/cwt169.00–169.009891
HeifersMedium and Large 2408194.47/cwt190.00–199.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1568207.97/cwt206.00–210.001,1812
SteersMedium and Large 1473222.90/cwt209.00–237.001,0543
SteersMedium and Large 1369259.67/cwt250.00–268.009585
HeifersMedium and Large 3460123.00/cwt123.00–123.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 2360177.00/cwt177.00–177.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560169.00/cwt169.00–169.009462
HeifersMedium and Large 1600192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 2480189.00/cwt189.00–189.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1521198.51/cwt194.00–203.001,0344
HeifersMedium and Large 1425213.83/cwt200.00–228.009095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2212
BullsMedium and Large 2560189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0581
BullsMedium and Large 2385183.00/cwt183.00–183.007051
BullsMedium and Large 1415233.63/cwt229.00–241.009703
BullsMedium and Large 2300202.00/cwt202.00–202.006061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,095.00/head1,095.00–1,095.001,0951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2750700.00/head700.00–700.007001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0031
CowsLean 85-90%90679.48/cwt74.00–85.007205
CowsLean 85-90%81560.00/cwt60.00–60.004891
Bulls1,505109.58/cwt107.50–112.001,6492
Bulls1,60087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,3921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13295.50/cwt88.50–100.501,08114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2221

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.