Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-11-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 13
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 166▼ 117 vs year ago 249 · −47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 32 · +3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly. Feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were not well tested. quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.98/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$205.98
48 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.71
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2393217.9285712thin
Medium and Large 1470211.5499516thin
Medium and Large 2409196.0480216thin
Medium and Large 3434187.758144thin
One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $42 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 sale48 hd
205.98
—
MS average13 barns · 1,137 hd
211.70
−5.71
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
Bulls—Average1,060117.001,2401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15187.181,00323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02573.257516thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$1,1701thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$1,0632thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,170$1,0001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1901,062.65/head1,030.00–1,090.001,0632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,015850.00/head850.00–850.008501
BullsMedium and Large 2—495210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 2—410217.50/cwt217.50–217.508921
BullsMedium and Large 1—320251.67/cwt242.50–257.508053
BullsMedium and Large 1—450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0351
BullsMedium and Large 3—425188.62/cwt185.00–192.008022
BullsMedium and Large 3—518181.29/cwt180.00–182.509392
BullsMedium and Large 3—460186.00/cwt186.00–186.008561
BullsMedium and Large 3—625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1251
BullsMedium and Large 1—424229.37/cwt222.50–235.009734
SteersMedium and Large 1—525224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1761
SteersMedium and Large 1—690269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8562
SteersMedium and Large 2—460202.50/cwt202.50–202.509321
SteersMedium and Large 2—423217.00/cwt217.00–217.009182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—310240.00/cwt240.00–240.007444
SteersMedium and Large 1—618211.91/cwt209.00–215.001,3102
SteersMedium and Large 1—573219.57/cwt210.00–225.001,2583
SteersMedium and Large 1—345255.00/cwt255.00–255.008801
SteersMedium and Large 2—540190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0261
SteersMedium and Large 1—440238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417200.34/cwt200.00–201.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275194.75/cwt186.00–200.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523191.47/cwt185.00–198.001,0012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570195.97/cwt195.00–197.001,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330196.91/cwt194.00–200.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1—478232.97/cwt220.00–240.001,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517206.83/cwt200.00–217.001,0695
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373202.95/cwt193.00–212.507572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479210.67/cwt207.50–212.501,0094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—445220.00/cwt220.00–220.009795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—395215.00/cwt215.00–215.008493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320181.00/cwt181.00–181.005791
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385190.00/cwt190.00–190.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327217.50/cwt217.50–217.507114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385217.50/cwt217.50–217.508371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412216.05/cwt208.00–220.008905
BullsMedium and Large 2—600191.25/cwt190.00–192.501,1482
BullsMedium and Large 3—375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
BullsMedium and Large 3—588177.40/cwt170.00–185.001,0432
BullsMedium and Large 2—215220.00/cwt220.00–220.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465195.00/cwt195.00–195.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 1—240242.50/cwt242.50–242.505821
BullsMedium and Large 2—550202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1111
BullsMedium and Large 2—705186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 1—358254.12/cwt248.00–259.009103
BullsMedium and Large 2—325210.00/cwt210.00–210.006831
BullsMedium and Large 2—385237.50/cwt237.50–237.509141
BullsMedium and Large 1—268248.71/cwt245.00–252.506672
BullsMedium and Large 1—518218.76/cwt217.50–220.001,1332
BullsMedium and Large 1—585207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2251,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1701,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bulls——1,060117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3301
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14086.78/cwt81.50–91.5098922
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02573.25/cwt68.00–77.507516

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.