Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-05-20

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 20
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
7 vs last sale 70 90 vs year ago 167 · 53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
11 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 21 · 4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $280.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 103.37 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$280.00
7 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.85
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528287.001,5155thin
Medium and Large 1560262.501,4702thin
One grade step is worth $24.50/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
459404349294median 383.3701/0501/0502/1608/1008/10
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.76, low $307.85, median $383.37 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
280.00
MS average9 barns · 57 hd
270.15
+9.85
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−103.37
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
BullsAverage1,627152.352,4793thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,179125.391,47813
CowsLean 85-90%Average912110.651,0093thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,9501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,7001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)990$1,5151thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)895$1,1851thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,725132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,2771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,367131.03/cwt129.00–133.001,7913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,122123.70/cwt111.00–129.001,38810
CowsLean 85-90%912110.65/cwt110.00–112.001,0093
Bulls1,578162.52/cwt162.00–163.002,5652
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2674
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,7361
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350305257.50/cwt257.50–257.507851
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250215350.00/cwt350.00–350.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3891
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500473306.46/cwt297.50–312.501,4503
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550528287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5155
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650603264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2152
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415287.50/cwt282.50–292.501,1933
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465268.15/cwt260.00–275.001,2473
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250245310.00/cwt310.00–310.007601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 18951,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,1851
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19901,515.00/head1,515.00–1,515.001,5151
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355298.42/cwt292.50–310.001,0593
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4811
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4651
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400367346.55/cwt337.50–355.001,2723
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1541
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550540267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4451
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413318.68/cwt315.00–322.501,3162
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4941
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0451,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,1301,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5241
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230295.00/cwt295.00–295.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3561
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300297345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0252

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.