Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, There was not enough comparable data to call a trend on feeder heifers, and feeder bulls sold steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Quality was average to attractive and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.11/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −149.54 against this barn's trailing median of $387.65.

Average price

$238.11

12 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$24.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

vs MS average

−6.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	252.50	1,358	3thin
Medium and Large 1	523	243.40	1,273	3thin
Medium and Large 2	543	228.27	1,238	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.23/cwt here — about $120 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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $387.65 across 9 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 sale12 hd

238.11

—

MS average13 barns · 291 hd

236.34

+1.77

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−6.30

This barn, trailing median9 sales

387.65

−149.54

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	1,678	172.09	2,888	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,273	143.23	1,823	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	113.42	1,106	4thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	249.27/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,331	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	337.44/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	796	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	113.42/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	240.05/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,085	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	273.83/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	263.68/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,094	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	241.90/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	236.29/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,115	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	151.68/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,993	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	137.27/cwt	127.00–145.00	1,708	17
Bulls	—	—	1,678	172.09/cwt	171.00–173.00	2,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	296.92/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	311.50/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	227.92/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,213	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	232.65/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	228.69/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	293.23/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	317.41/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	243.40/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	234.19/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	273.15/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,278	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	248.43/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	204.85/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	243.64/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	254.39/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,239	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	246.68/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,278	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	255.38/cwt	251.00–262.50	1,476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,396	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	308.67/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	243.72/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,189	2

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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 178Year ago 196

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 32Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	243.00	243.00
1	250–300	260	247.50	247.50
1	300–350	315	273.00	273.00
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
3	400–450	438	235.00–247.50	240.05
6	450–500	472	230.00–242.50	236.29
5	500–550	532	220.00–232.50	227.92
1	550–600	595	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	685	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
10	350–400	398	272.50	272.50
8	450–500	487	252.50–257.50	254.39
3	500–550	538	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	287.50	287.50
2	300–350	333	305.00–312.50	308.67
1	400–450	410	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	482	245.00–250.00	248.43
3	500–550	523	235.00–252.50	243.40
1	600–650	640	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	643	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	235.00	235.00
2	400–450	438	225.00–232.50	228.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	488	237.50–250.00	243.72
3	500–550	517	228.00–235.00	232.65
1	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	885	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	313	330.00–345.00	337.44
3	350–400	368	307.50–315.00	311.50
3	400–450	428	285.00–302.50	296.92
3	450–500	468	265.00–287.50	273.15
3	500–550	518	245.00–247.50	246.68
2	550–600	585	237.50–250.00	243.64
3	600–650	603	227.50–240.00	234.19
2	750–800	773	200.00–210.00	204.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	317.50	317.50
5	400–450	442	283.00	283.00
4	500–550	506	247.50	247.50
3	750–800	750	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	279.00	279.00
4	400–450	415	250.00–272.50	263.68
4	450–500	483	230.00–250.00	241.90
7	500–550	534	240.00–257.50	249.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	537	260.00	260.00
9	550–600	555	265.00–285.00	273.83
4	600–650	637	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	390	307.50	307.50
2	400–450	408	312.50–322.50	317.41
4	450–500	469	285.00–297.50	293.23
3	550–600	578	251.00–262.50	255.38
1	600–650	635	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	650	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	110.00–119.00	113.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,314	146.00–160.00	151.68
17	—	1,244	127.00–145.00	137.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	171.00–173.00	172.09

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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