Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-05-12

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
14 vs last sale 105 21 vs year ago 70 · +30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 8 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were not well tested but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $361.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 65.78 against this barn's trailing median of $427.44.
Average price
$361.67
3 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.19
vs MS average
22.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568361.672,0553thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
479450422394median 427.4412/1501/1905/1807/0607/13
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $408.16, median $427.44 across 7 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 sale3 hd
361.67
MS average12 barns · 282 hd
356.47
+5.19
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−22.93
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.44
−65.78
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
BullsAverage1,670200.003,3401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,280162.032,0746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average890132.301,1772thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsLean 85-90%890132.30/cwt125.00–138.001,1772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400169.04/cwt164.00–180.002,3674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040148.02/cwt143.00–153.001,5392
Bulls1,670200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650602356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,1435
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6311
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565316.10/cwt307.50–325.001,7862
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0081
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3471
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585360.00/cwt347.50–372.502,1062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750727310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,25745
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473345.01/cwt342.50–347.501,6322
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350323367.40/cwt365.00–370.001,1872
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615362.38/cwt355.00–370.002,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9511
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9531
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8611
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418382.57/cwt370.00–395.001,5992
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431

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.