Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-10-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
180 vs last sale 206 34 vs year ago 60 · 56.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
10 vs last sale 38 6 vs year ago 34 · 17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 1 0 vs year ago 7 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: There was not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly plain and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $201.63/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$201.63
8 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.74
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459211.759714thin
Medium and Large 2362200.337253thin
Medium and Large 3440165.007261thin
One grade step is worth $46.75/cwt here — about $245 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 sale8 hd
201.63
MS average13 barns · 518 hd
179.88
+21.74
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
BullsAverage1,863108.472,0212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11586.879696thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12172.168095thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,1922thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$1,0652thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,3093thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
BullsMedium and Large 1530204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 2240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2375211.00/cwt211.00–211.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1425216.50/cwt213.00–220.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 3405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 2825179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4771
SteersMedium and Large 3485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007521
SteersMedium and Large 2455205.00/cwt205.00–205.009331
BullsMedium and Large 3440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 3375171.04/cwt170.00–172.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 3740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009621
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1651,214.16/head1,100.00–1,300.001,2142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1631,192.39/head1,070.00–1,280.001,1922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0301,065.00/head1,040.00–1,090.001,0652
CowsLean 85-90%1,11977.70/cwt72.00–80.008694
CowsLean 85-90%1,13050.00/cwt50.00–50.005651
Bulls1,863108.47/cwt107.00–110.002,0212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11586.87/cwt81.50–93.509696

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.