Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
74 vs last sale 197 62 vs year ago 185 · 33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
8 vs last sale 35 4 vs year ago 23 · +17.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 4 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.79/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 65.86 against this barn's trailing median of $387.65.
Average price
$321.79
18 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.43
vs MS average
19.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523323.571,6927thin
Medium and Large 1-2552320.661,76911thin
One grade step is worth $2.91/cwt here — about −$77 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

9 sales
430404377351median 387.6512/1501/1202/1606/0107/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $387.65 across 9 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 sale18 hd
321.79
MS average7 barns · 171 hd
323.23
−1.43
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−19.74
This barn, trailing median9 sales
387.65
−65.86
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,625198.003,2181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191164.751,96316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520162.002,4621thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,014142.321,4437thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$1,9751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$1,9372thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)580$1,5283thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5943
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658284.91/cwt277.50–292.501,8752
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4121
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415357.41/cwt350.00–365.001,4832
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565323.30/cwt315.00–327.501,8276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5559
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800782295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450442382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9083
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7791
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2871
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325356.81/cwt342.50–372.501,1602
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5731
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300269373.53/cwt350.00–382.501,0054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567356.75/cwt352.50–365.002,0239
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250205410.00/cwt410.00–410.008411
CowsLean 85-90%1,014142.32/cwt128.00–148.001,4437
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,4621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110178.44/cwt172.00–188.001,9813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210161.59/cwt152.00–168.001,95513
Bulls1,625198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6427
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7461
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485338.74/cwt337.50–340.001,6432
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8061
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8041
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638317.47/cwt315.00–320.002,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523323.57/cwt317.50–325.001,6927
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1451
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330365.08/cwt360.00–370.001,2052
Stock CowsMedium and Large 15801,527.59/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5283
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19101,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19151,936.75/head1,800.00–2,075.001,9372
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8102
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,1691
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558327.44/cwt317.50–340.001,8273
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320428.52/cwt425.00–432.501,3712
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5351
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5721
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4811
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250220340.00/cwt340.00–340.007481
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3061
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400387386.72/cwt380.00–390.001,4973

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.