Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-04-10

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
15 vs last sale 95 50 vs year ago 30 · +166.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
32 vs last sale 41 6 vs year ago 15 · 40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
15 vs last sale 18 4 vs year ago 7 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparded to last week steers sold steady, heifers sold 2-7 higher, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.10/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$204.10
32 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.94
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455210.9695923
Medium and Large 2263195.285134thin
Medium and Large 1-2703179.601,2625thin
One grade step is worth $31.36/cwt here — about −$303 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 sale32 hd
204.10
MS average13 barns · 1,278 hd
192.16
+11.94
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
BullsAverage1,403117.351,6462thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22299.801,2194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average82064.505291thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,1652thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1387246.63/cwt243.00–249.009543
BullsMedium and Large 1290247.00/cwt247.00–247.007161
BullsMedium and Large 1235235.50/cwt230.00–241.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2360201.00/cwt201.00–201.007241
BullsMedium and Large 2825159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3121
BullsMedium and Large 1333245.38/cwt235.00–255.008172
HeifersMedium and Large 2260200.00/cwt200.00–200.005201
SteersMedium and Large 1313262.08/cwt260.00–264.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1660207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 1380226.65/cwt216.00–238.008618
SteersMedium and Large 1500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
SteersMedium and Large 2425214.00/cwt214.00–214.009101
SteersMedium and Large 1470229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0761
SteersMedium and Large 1580224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2991
SteersMedium and Large 2505205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 1630172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0841
HeifersMedium and Large 2243210.56/cwt205.00–216.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 1565194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0961
SteersMedium and Large 2383214.19/cwt205.00–224.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1418234.48/cwt221.00–244.009804
SteersMedium and Large 1388245.50/cwt245.00–246.009532
BullsMedium and Large 2205200.00/cwt200.00–200.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 1285233.00/cwt233.00–233.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1476207.22/cwt197.00–217.009864
HeifersMedium and Large 1845123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2995132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added561209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1723
BullsMedium and Large 1515218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1231
HeifersMedium and Large 1317226.72/cwt224.00–228.007193
HeifersMedium and Large 1515213.62/cwt211.00–216.001,1003
HeifersMedium and Large 1690167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,155.00/head1,155.00–1,155.001,1551
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2915850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bulls1,403117.35/cwt112.00–122.001,6462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12894.65/cwt92.00–97.501,0682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315104.95/cwt103.50–106.501,3802
CowsLean 85-90%82064.50/cwt64.50–64.505291

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.