Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-12-09

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
6 vs last sale 138 23 vs year ago 109 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
8 vs last sale 21 16 vs year ago 13 · +123.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
14 vs last sale 8 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle cattle sold steady to 10.00 higher Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was very good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $278.05/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 105.32 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$278.05
8 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.32
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528291.511,5405thin
Medium and Large 2555255.621,4203thin
One grade step is worth $35.89/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

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 sale8 hd
278.05
MS average11 barns · 131 hd
274.73
+3.32
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−105.32
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
BullsAverage1,435129.081,8522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122111.221,24810
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00388.258856thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,346$2,4294thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,413$2,1492thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,358$1,9242thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,280$1,7751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$2,9856
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,3501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$1,2751thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)997$1152thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1200–250230357.50/cwt357.50–357.508221
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5111
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500474304.37/cwt301.00–306.001,4439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300293315.00/cwt315.00–315.009234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2741
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4461
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520245.23/cwt243.00–247.501,2752
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500488252.53/cwt247.50–257.501,2322
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3231
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250220312.50/cwt312.50–312.506881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3462,428.83/head1,700.00–2,700.002,4294
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4132,149.20/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1492
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350340257.50/cwt257.50–257.508761
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4371
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450426263.77/cwt252.50–267.501,1246
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320340.71/cwt310.00–365.001,0907
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3165
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600573247.18/cwt232.00–262.501,4162
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375308.72/cwt307.50–310.001,1582
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1997115.00/head115.00–115.001152
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300277358.19/cwt342.50–382.509925
CowsLean 85-90%1,01881.39/cwt80.00–83.008292
CowsLean 85-90%99591.68/cwt85.00–95.009124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,122111.22/cwt105.00–119.001,24810
Bulls1,435129.08/cwt125.00–133.001,8522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3581,923.76/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2801,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400371269.40/cwt255.00–285.009994
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300288246.20/cwt240.00–252.507092
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380200.00/cwt200.00–200.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608245.45/cwt242.00–252.501,4923
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463309.15/cwt307.50–310.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0822
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400362296.91/cwt293.00–302.501,0753
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5651
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550519297.51/cwt292.50–300.001,5444
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366333.00/cwt315.00–350.001,2194
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621257.09/cwt250.00–262.501,5974
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433318.37/cwt310.00–332.501,3793
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456271.00/cwt270.00–273.001,2363
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6811
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0342,982.11/head2,750.00–3,150.002,9825
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7191
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423275.38/cwt270.00–282.001,1658
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4791
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405326.67/cwt325.00–330.001,3233
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633245.43/cwt240.00–251.001,5542
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19901,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751

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.