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
BullsAverage1,563116.111,8152thin
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 3330163.00/cwt163.00–163.005381
BullsMedium and Large 1535202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 1413211.02/cwt210.00–212.008722
BullsMedium and Large 1373246.24/cwt245.00–247.509182
HeifersMedium and Large 3375177.41/cwt160.00–190.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 3563162.25/cwt150.00–186.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 3470173.56/cwt168.00–178.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1318255.06/cwt252.50–257.508112
BullsMedium and Large 1565189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 3600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 2515194.47/cwt193.00–196.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483195.00/cwt195.00–195.009426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397216.00/cwt216.00–216.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 1453206.26/cwt205.00–207.509342
HeifersMedium and Large 2474197.23/cwt194.00–201.009354
HeifersMedium and Large 2333207.26/cwt207.00–207.506902
HeifersMedium and Large 2376200.59/cwt193.00–207.507545
HeifersMedium and Large 3280173.64/cwt167.50–180.004862
BullsMedium and Large 2630162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0211
HeifersMedium and Large 1425207.50/cwt207.50–207.508821
HeifersMedium and Large 1320211.21/cwt210.00–212.506762
HeifersMedium and Large 1385210.25/cwt207.50–213.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591159.00/cwt159.00–159.009403
BullsMedium and Large 2495191.00/cwt191.00–191.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 3408178.84/cwt174.00–187.507303
HeifersMedium and Large 3515183.64/cwt180.00–187.509462
HeifersMedium and Large 2255192.50/cwt192.50–192.504911
SteersMedium and Large 1425223.95/cwt223.00–225.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0925
SteersMedium and Large 1340237.50/cwt237.50–237.508081
SteersMedium and Large 1474221.26/cwt216.00–229.001,0495
SteersMedium and Large 3563181.00/cwt180.00–182.001,0192
SteersMedium and Large 3455185.00/cwt185.00–185.008421
SteersMedium and Large 2480199.00/cwt199.00–199.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366256.54/cwt253.00–260.009394
SteersMedium and Large 1376239.09/cwt230.00–247.508994
SteersMedium and Large 1558220.97/cwt219.00–223.001,2332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2673
SteersMedium and Large 1522224.79/cwt218.00–230.001,1733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566218.87/cwt201.00–221.001,23946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438227.96/cwt224.00–231.0099820
SteersMedium and Large 2367219.84/cwt210.00–225.008073
SteersMedium and Large 2550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305256.00/cwt256.00–256.007816
SteersMedium and Large 3786160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,25811
SteersMedium and Large 2315200.00/cwt200.00–200.006301
SteersMedium and Large 2265228.00/cwt228.00–228.006041
SteersMedium and Large 3673162.68/cwt159.00–165.001,0953
SteersMedium and Large 3515174.00/cwt174.00–174.008961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2416215.00/cwt215.00–215.008944
BullsMedium and Large 3493166.02/cwt162.00–170.008182
BullsMedium and Large 1265242.50/cwt242.50–242.506431
BullsMedium and Large 3395175.00/cwt175.00–175.006911
BullsMedium and Large 3518173.07/cwt171.00–175.008972
BullsMedium and Large 2425211.28/cwt210.00–212.508982
BullsMedium and Large 3430181.24/cwt180.00–182.507792
BullsMedium and Large 2315210.52/cwt210.00–211.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2240222.00/cwt222.00–222.005331
Bulls1,563116.11/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.