Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −71.12 against this barn's trailing median of $388.62.

Average price

$317.50

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.94

vs MS average

−15.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	317.50	1,730	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale2 hd

317.50

—

MS average13 barns · 331 hd

306.56

+10.94

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−15.32

This barn, trailing median8 sales

388.62

−71.12

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	1,878	196.61	3,692	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	148.23	1,768	4thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1	400–450	412	369.96/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,524	3
Bulls	—	—	1,878	196.61/cwt	195.00–198.00	3,692	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	141.45/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,591	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	333.84/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,922	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	373.24/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	391.77/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	419.60/cwt	407.50–437.50	1,800	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	343.02/cwt	337.50–347.00	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	355.88/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	407.87/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	442.34/cwt	425.00–475.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	451.64/cwt	412.00–482.50	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,720	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	433.76/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	364.80/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,715	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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 105Last week 85Year ago 81

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 3Year ago 21

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	377.50	377.50
1	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	373	380.00–407.50	391.77
3	400–450	412	367.50–375.00	369.96
4	450–500	473	337.50–347.00	343.02
1	500–550	510	327.50	327.50
1	550–600	580	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	700	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	365	370.00–375.00	373.24
1	950–1000	960	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	426	357.50	357.50
12	450–500	495	347.50	347.50
4	600–650	625	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	432.50	432.50
2	350–400	368	432.50–435.00	433.76
1	400–450	440	417.50	417.50
3	450–500	470	357.50–377.50	364.80
3	500–550	523	352.50–360.00	355.88
3	550–600	573	322.50–350.00	333.84
1	600–650	620	337.50	337.50
1	750–800	780	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	415	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	522.50	522.50
1	250–300	295	490.00	490.00
4	300–350	330	412.00–482.50	451.64
3	350–400	368	425.00–475.00	442.34
7	400–450	429	407.50–437.50	419.60
2	450–500	458	385.00–430.00	407.87
1	500–550	515	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,878	195.00–198.00	196.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	141.00–142.00	141.45
2	—	1,260	155.00	155.00

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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