Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-01-22

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
37 vs last sale 129 77 vs year ago 243 · 31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
40 vs last sale 45 28 vs year ago 33 · 84.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 20.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 20.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $263.98/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$263.98
70 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,137
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$88.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+35.97
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2377294.001,1087thin
Medium and Large 1450269.161,21243
Medium and Large 2392248.7997617thin
Medium and Large 3490205.831,0093thin
One grade step is worth $88.17/cwt here — about $100 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 sale70 hd
263.98
MS average8 barns · 300 hd
228.01
+35.97
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
BullsAverage1,730119.502,0671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08293.391,0105thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10580.008841thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1605223.33/cwt212.50–230.001,3513
BullsMedium and Large 1474256.06/cwt245.00–270.001,21411
HeifersMedium and Large 2360201.00/cwt201.00–201.007241
HeifersMedium and Large 1615217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1469238.60/cwt235.00–244.001,1196
HeifersMedium and Large 1565225.15/cwt220.00–228.001,2723
SteersMedium and Large 1425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1691
SteersMedium and Large 1755218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6461
SteersMedium and Large 1635215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 1517253.23/cwt240.00–260.001,3093
HeifersMedium and Large 1424241.35/cwt232.50–250.001,0235
HeifersMedium and Large 3368190.00/cwt190.00–190.006992
SteersMedium and Large 2450237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0691
SteersMedium and Large 1360305.88/cwt297.00–315.001,1012
SteersMedium and Large 2440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1478268.10/cwt262.50–274.001,2822
SteersMedium and Large 3710170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2071
HeifersMedium and Large 2233217.46/cwt212.50–222.505073
SteersMedium and Large 1655235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5391
SteersMedium and Large 1577240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3852
SteersMedium and Large 1268316.82/cwt307.50–325.008492
SteersMedium and Large 1305282.00/cwt282.00–282.008601
SteersMedium and Large 2595220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3091
HeifersMedium and Large 1238247.58/cwt245.00–250.005892
SteersMedium and Large 1810205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6611
BullsMedium and Large 2325284.09/cwt277.50–292.509233
BullsMedium and Large 1328319.06/cwt310.00–330.001,0474
BullsMedium and Large 1558236.44/cwt230.00–247.001,3193
BullsMedium and Large 1725202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4681
CowsLean 85-90%1,10580.00/cwt80.00–80.008841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,385108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00689.74/cwt84.50–94.509034
Bulls1,730119.50/cwt119.50–119.502,0671
BullsMedium and Large 3390225.00/cwt225.00–225.008781
BullsMedium and Large 3340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
BullsMedium and Large 2205262.50/cwt262.50–262.505381
BullsMedium and Large 2560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
BullsMedium and Large 2421230.72/cwt212.50–246.009715
BullsMedium and Large 2385262.65/cwt240.00–287.501,0114
BullsMedium and Large 1284311.73/cwt300.00–322.508854
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,1087
BullsMedium and Large 3740182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3511
BullsMedium and Large 1423275.18/cwt265.00–287.501,1647
BullsMedium and Large 1363305.79/cwt293.00–318.001,1104
BullsMedium and Large 2495238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 2463212.14/cwt200.00–220.009823
HeifersMedium and Large 2300227.50/cwt227.50–227.506831
HeifersMedium and Large 1662207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3742
HeifersMedium and Large 1528230.09/cwt226.00–234.001,2152
BullsMedium and Large 2525192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0111
BullsMedium and Large 2265265.00/cwt265.00–265.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 1381244.22/cwt230.00–255.0093011
HeifersMedium and Large 2737190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1308
BullsMedium and Large 1513250.45/cwt240.00–264.001,2856
HeifersMedium and Large 3695182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2681
HeifersMedium and Large 1271243.60/cwt233.00–250.006607
HeifersMedium and Large 1315244.06/cwt240.00–250.007693

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.