Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-06-26

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
43 vs last sale 54 31 vs year ago 128 · 24.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
21 vs last sale 46 90 vs year ago 115 · 78.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call and accurate trend on feeder bulls and feeder steers. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.77/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$204.77
39 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$389
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$48.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.65
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460225.001,0355thin
Medium and Large 1486220.311,07117thin
Medium and Large 2582185.511,08113thin
Medium and Large 3367176.046464thin
One grade step is worth $48.97/cwt here — about $389 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 sale39 hd
204.77
MS average13 barns · 1,256 hd
211.42
−6.65
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
BullsAverage1,599122.141,9536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20797.311,1756thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96478.787595thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1463231.32/cwt223.00–247.501,0714
BullsMedium and Large 1760196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4901
BullsMedium and Large 3465184.65/cwt180.00–189.008592
BullsMedium and Large 1365254.00/cwt254.00–254.009271
BullsMedium and Large 1405229.00/cwt229.00–229.009271
BullsMedium and Large 2405220.00/cwt220.00–220.008911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2383
SteersMedium and Large 1435236.70/cwt232.50–241.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1553227.46/cwt218.00–237.001,2582
SteersMedium and Large 1605217.50/cwt215.00–220.001,3162
SteersMedium and Large 1540224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 1330250.00/cwt250.00–250.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
SteersMedium and Large 1388257.32/cwt247.00–267.509982
SteersMedium and Large 2445227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 1575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1791
HeifersMedium and Large 2523189.50/cwt180.00–195.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 1510222.43/cwt218.00–227.001,1344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1278
HeifersMedium and Large 1620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1427225.86/cwt222.50–227.509643
HeifersMedium and Large 3323178.88/cwt167.00–185.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 2445192.00/cwt192.00–192.008541
HeifersMedium and Large 2613185.96/cwt184.00–188.001,1402
SteersMedium and Large 1455258.55/cwt248.00–270.001,1763
HeifersMedium and Large 2576185.12/cwt176.00–195.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0355
HeifersMedium and Large 1479221.39/cwt215.00–227.501,0604
HeifersMedium and Large 2676179.59/cwt175.00–189.001,2143
BullsMedium and Large 2555189.57/cwt182.00–197.001,0522
HeifersMedium and Large 1373234.15/cwt227.50–237.508733
HeifersMedium and Large 1715185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 3500167.50/cwt167.50–167.508381
Bulls1,599122.14/cwt118.50–127.001,9536
CowsLean 85-90%97184.72/cwt79.00–89.008234
CowsLean 85-90%93555.00/cwt55.00–55.005141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20797.31/cwt93.00–105.001,1756

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.