Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-11-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 27
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 132▲ 132 vs year ago 163 · +81.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 33▲ 39 vs year ago 16 · +243.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 11.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold steady to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $213.85/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$213.85
134 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$62.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.03
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456227.321,03617thin
Medium and Large 1-2520221.051,15092
Medium and Large 2387212.368227thin
Medium and Large 3709164.951,16918thin
One grade step is worth $62.37/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale134 hd
213.85
—
MS average7 barns · 545 hd
227.89
−14.03
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—Average1,563116.111,8152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17587.541,02828
CowsLean 85-90%Average99666.106587thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 3—330163.00/cwt163.00–163.005381
BullsMedium and Large 1—535202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 1—413211.02/cwt210.00–212.008722
BullsMedium and Large 1—373246.24/cwt245.00–247.509182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375177.41/cwt160.00–190.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563162.25/cwt150.00–186.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470173.56/cwt168.00–178.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1—318255.06/cwt252.50–257.508112
BullsMedium and Large 1—565189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515194.47/cwt193.00–196.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—483195.00/cwt195.00–195.009426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—397216.00/cwt216.00–216.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—453206.26/cwt205.00–207.509342
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474197.23/cwt194.00–201.009354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333207.26/cwt207.00–207.506902
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376200.59/cwt193.00–207.507545
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280173.64/cwt167.50–180.004862
BullsMedium and Large 2—630162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425207.50/cwt207.50–207.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320211.21/cwt210.00–212.506762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385210.25/cwt207.50–213.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—542196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—591159.00/cwt159.00–159.009403
BullsMedium and Large 2—495191.00/cwt191.00–191.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408178.84/cwt174.00–187.507303
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515183.64/cwt180.00–187.509462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—255192.50/cwt192.50–192.504911
SteersMedium and Large 1—425223.95/cwt223.00–225.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—483226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0925
SteersMedium and Large 1—340237.50/cwt237.50–237.508081
SteersMedium and Large 1—474221.26/cwt216.00–229.001,0495
SteersMedium and Large 3—563181.00/cwt180.00–182.001,0192
SteersMedium and Large 3—455185.00/cwt185.00–185.008421
SteersMedium and Large 2—480199.00/cwt199.00–199.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—366256.54/cwt253.00–260.009394
SteersMedium and Large 1—376239.09/cwt230.00–247.508994
SteersMedium and Large 1—558220.97/cwt219.00–223.001,2332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—708179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2673
SteersMedium and Large 1—522224.79/cwt218.00–230.001,1733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566218.87/cwt201.00–221.001,23946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—438227.96/cwt224.00–231.0099820
SteersMedium and Large 2—367219.84/cwt210.00–225.008073
SteersMedium and Large 2—550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—305256.00/cwt256.00–256.007816
SteersMedium and Large 3—786160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,25811
SteersMedium and Large 2—315200.00/cwt200.00–200.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2—265228.00/cwt228.00–228.006041
SteersMedium and Large 3—673162.68/cwt159.00–165.001,0953
SteersMedium and Large 3—515174.00/cwt174.00–174.008961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—416215.00/cwt215.00–215.008944
BullsMedium and Large 3—493166.02/cwt162.00–170.008182
BullsMedium and Large 1—265242.50/cwt242.50–242.506431
BullsMedium and Large 3—395175.00/cwt175.00–175.006911
BullsMedium and Large 3—518173.07/cwt171.00–175.008972
BullsMedium and Large 2—425211.28/cwt210.00–212.508982
BullsMedium and Large 3—430181.24/cwt180.00–182.507792
BullsMedium and Large 2—315210.52/cwt210.00–211.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2—240222.00/cwt222.00–222.005331
Bulls——1,563116.11/cwt113.50–119.001,8152
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15187.00/cwt81.00–94.001,00126
CowsLean 85-90%—97574.07/cwt65.00–80.007225
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04846.16/cwt36.00–55.004842
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48394.50/cwt94.50–94.501,4012

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.