Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

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 uneven from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 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 $247.51/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −135.86 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.

Average price

$247.51

11 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,317

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.64

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	254.38	1,305	8thin
Medium and Large 2	583	229.19	1,336	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about −$31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

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 sale11 hd

247.51

—

MS average13 barns · 185 hd

238.87

+8.64

This barn, trailing median3 sales

383.37

−135.86

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	1,597	159.05	2,539	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,069	122.21	1,306	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	95.00	955	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	243	292.42/cwt	285.00–300.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	229.19/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	272.18/cwt	262.50–281.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	243.74/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	240.13/cwt	230.00–245.00	999	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	242.34/cwt	232.00–250.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	225.06/cwt	217.50–232.50	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	248.63/cwt	237.50–255.00	927	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,149	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	231.61/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	336.78/cwt	325.00–352.50	960	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	955	1
Bulls	—	—	1,505	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,227	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	122.21/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,306	10
Bulls	—	—	1,627	162.73/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	281.27/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	217.45/cwt	212.50–222.50	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	296.76/cwt	272.50–322.50	1,255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	222.28/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	264.98/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	256.29/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	231.16/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	254.38/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,305	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	267.51/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,217	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	324.03/cwt	312.50–342.50	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	225.79/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,134	3

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 Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 225Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 12Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	285.00–300.00	292.42
1	300–350	300	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	390	272.50	272.50
3	400–450	432	260.00–265.00	262.48
1	450–500	455	252.50	252.50
3	550–600	583	225.00–235.00	229.19
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	245.00	245.00
2	400–450	420	242.50–245.00	243.74
2	450–500	475	212.50–222.50	217.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	325.00–352.50	336.78
1	300–350	335	327.50	327.50
3	350–400	355	312.50–342.50	324.03
2	400–450	423	272.50–322.50	296.76
4	450–500	455	262.50–270.00	267.51
8	500–550	513	245.00–262.50	254.38
3	600–650	625	227.50–235.00	231.61
6	650–700	679	215.00–232.50	225.79
1	700–750	725	212.50	212.50
1	800–850	800	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	267.50	267.50
4	350–400	380	260.00–270.00	264.98
2	400–450	413	250.00–262.50	256.29
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	517	230.00–232.50	231.16
5	550–600	568	220.00–224.00	222.28
1	600–650	605	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	232.00–250.00	242.34
5	350–400	373	237.50–255.00	248.63
4	400–450	416	230.00–245.00	240.13
1	450–500	460	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	200.00	200.00
1	250–300	295	222.50	222.50
2	300–350	333	217.50–232.50	225.06
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	460	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	861	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	267.50	267.50
2	350–400	378	262.50–281.00	272.18
1	400–450	445	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	347.50	347.50
1	350–400	375	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	508	277.50–285.00	281.27
1	550–600	575	252.50	252.50
1	650–700	660	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	770	225.00	225.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,069	115.00–133.00	122.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	148.00	148.00
3	—	1,627	154.00–169.00	162.73

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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