Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-09-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
45 vs last sale 140 7 vs year ago 178 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
14 vs last sale 27 2 vs year ago 39 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 11.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.98/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$230.98
88 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.99
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473235.441,11226
Medium and Large 1-2489232.491,13652
Medium and Large 2437215.059399thin
Medium and Large 3540180.009721thin
One grade step is worth $55.44/cwt here — about $140 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 sale88 hd
230.98
MS average13 barns · 1,476 hd
224.00
+6.99
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
BullsAverage1,640119.951,9685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199100.841,20915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56594.001,4711thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01486.2887511

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2Value Added430246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added595237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380240.00/cwt240.00–240.009128
HeifersMedium and Large 1423241.65/cwt235.00–250.001,0226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1765
SteersMedium and Large 2455227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0351
SteersMedium and Large 2320249.38/cwt240.00–260.007982
SteersMedium and Large 2580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3201
SteersMedium and Large 2370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
SteersMedium and Large 2518232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,2042
SteersMedium and Large 1955190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8151
SteersMedium and Large 1362281.36/cwt275.00–300.001,0197
SteersMedium and Large 1315281.53/cwt270.00–287.508875
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2874
SteersMedium and Large 2240259.84/cwt252.50–267.506242
SteersMedium and Large 2420237.50/cwt237.50–237.509981
SteersMedium and Large 1863223.01/cwt221.00–225.001,9252
SteersMedium and Large 1617242.48/cwt240.00–245.001,4963
SteersMedium and Large 1680231.39/cwt225.00–237.501,5732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added440277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2216
SteersMedium and Large 1465265.04/cwt255.00–275.001,2323
SteersMedium and Large 1585240.00/cwt237.50–242.501,4042
SteersMedium and Large 1433274.05/cwt262.50–286.001,1872
SteersMedium and Large 1543256.27/cwt242.50–262.501,3924
BullsMedium and Large 1418257.08/cwt247.50–267.501,0752
BullsMedium and Large 1495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
BullsMedium and Large 1567236.86/cwt235.00–237.501,3434
BullsMedium and Large 1525227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1941
BullsMedium and Large 1370295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1345282.50/cwt282.50–282.509751
CowsLean 85-90%89376.04/cwt75.00–77.006792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20599.51/cwt94.00–107.001,19913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163109.47/cwt109.00–110.001,2732
Bulls1,652124.23/cwt123.00–125.002,0523
CowsLean 85-90%1,04188.55/cwt80.00–94.009229
Bulls1,623113.54/cwt110.00–117.001,8432
BullsMedium and Large 2490225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 3540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
BullsMedium and Large 2305235.00/cwt235.00–235.007171
BullsMedium and Large 2285235.00/cwt235.00–235.006701
BullsMedium and Large 1645210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3551
BullsMedium and Large 2380261.20/cwt260.00–262.509932
HeifersMedium and Large 1517228.09/cwt220.00–237.501,1793
HeifersMedium and Large 1330240.98/cwt240.00–242.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 1476231.23/cwt227.50–235.001,1016
HeifersMedium and Large 1610220.82/cwt217.50–225.001,3473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2833195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6243
BullsMedium and Large 2655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474230.38/cwt225.00–235.001,09211
HeifersMedium and Large 2295215.00/cwt215.00–215.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 2570215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 2385222.50/cwt222.50–222.508571
HeifersMedium and Large 2425217.62/cwt215.00–225.009254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532231.30/cwt213.00–237.001,2318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2261217.50/cwt217.50–217.505684
HeifersMedium and Large 2470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 1572237.49/cwt235.00–240.001,3583
HeifersMedium and Large 1378247.68/cwt237.50–252.509363
HeifersMedium and Large 2510192.50/cwt192.50–192.509821
SteersMedium and Large 1268278.28/cwt272.50–282.507463

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.