Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
31 vs last sale 69 97 vs year ago 197 · 49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
22 vs last sale 14 63 vs year ago 99 · 63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 8 17 vs year ago 22 · 77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls were smoking today, they were 10.00-20.00 higher . Demand good. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits 79.40 against this barn's trailing median of $431.40.
Average price
$352.00
19 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.50
vs MS average
19.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2582352.502,0529thin
Medium and Large 1537351.561,88710thin
One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales
479456434411median 431.4001/1903/3005/2507/0607/13
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $425.01, median $431.40 across 6 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 sale19 hd
352.00
MS average14 barns · 320 hd
343.51
+8.50
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
−19.92
This barn, trailing median6 sales
431.40
−79.40
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
BullsAverage1,695209.003,5431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,329174.492,31926

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,1002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)900$1,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)675$1,9501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$2,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,695209.00/cwt209.00–209.003,5431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,462181.94/cwt174.00–189.002,66015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,148164.34/cwt155.00–170.001,88711
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,2991
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220438.49/cwt427.50–450.009652
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378400.10/cwt382.00–417.501,5122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,1502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428360.85/cwt350.00–367.501,5443
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455361.21/cwt357.50–365.001,6442
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425387.84/cwt370.00–412.501,6484
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300260476.25/cwt457.50–495.001,2382
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538327.29/cwt312.50–342.501,7612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0529
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375382.50/cwt376.00–389.001,4342
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,1211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480353.71/cwt350.00–357.501,6982
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450442322.50/cwt307.50–337.501,4253
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518368.47/cwt335.00–380.001,9096
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565326.19/cwt315.00–342.501,8434
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600574322.05/cwt311.00–332.501,8494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8565
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350310297.50/cwt297.50–297.509221
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465317.15/cwt307.50–327.001,4752
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6671
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600573285.03/cwt282.50–287.501,6332
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625288.78/cwt287.50–290.001,8052
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5181
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300278256.19/cwt250.00–262.507122
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469374.91/cwt357.50–392.501,7585
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900870240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 16751,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500495267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3241
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5811

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.