Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder steers. Feeder heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.30/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −135.33 against this barn's trailing median of $388.62.

Average price

$253.30

6 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs MS average

−15.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	258.70	1,437	4thin
Medium and Large 2	515	242.50	1,249	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $388.62 across 8 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 sale6 hd

253.30

—

MS average11 barns · 231 hd

250.30

+3.00

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−15.98

This barn, trailing median8 sales

388.62

−135.33

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,472	160.65	2,365	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	146.88	1,703	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	104.84	1,104	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	118.45/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,318	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	560	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	140.98/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,743	6
Bulls	—	—	1,518	163.81/cwt	153.00–170.00	2,487	4
Bulls	—	—	1,290	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,909	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	152.77/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	255.03/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	268.49/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,365	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,203	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	335.67/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	243.50/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	258.04/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	274.05/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	329.54/cwt	312.50–347.50	1,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	308.88/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,319	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	315.99/cwt	315.00–317.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	262.36/cwt	252.50–272.50	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	242.50/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	281.04/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,328	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	297.65/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,140	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	313.36/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	288.31/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	309.26/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Jun 24, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 197Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 99Year ago 25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	111.00–125.00	118.45
1	—	875	64.00	64.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,236	135.00–147.00	140.98
6	—	1,083	145.00–156.00	152.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	153.00–170.00	163.81
1	—	1,290	148.00	148.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	329.00	329.00
2	300–350	303	315.00–317.00	315.99
3	350–400	377	300.00–317.50	309.26
6	400–450	417	270.00–282.50	274.05
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	528	252.50–272.50	262.36
2	550–600	583	252.50–257.50	255.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	290.00–307.50	297.65
7	400–450	422	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	277.50	277.50
5	350–400	362	262.50–287.50	281.04
5	400–450	429	250.00–267.50	258.04
2	450–500	490	242.00–245.00	243.50
2	500–550	515	235.00–250.00	242.50
1	700–750	700	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	252.00	252.00
1	450–500	495	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	377.50	377.50
3	300–350	315	332.50–337.50	335.67
3	350–400	387	302.50–320.00	313.36
6	400–450	427	297.50–317.50	308.88
3	450–500	458	285.00–290.00	288.31
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	562	260.00–277.50	268.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	342.50	342.50
8	400–450	439	302.50	302.50
8	500–550	501	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	352.50	352.50
3	350–400	372	312.50–347.50	329.54
1	500–550	515	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	257.50	257.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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