Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-07-14

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 14
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
45 vs last sale 123 90 vs year ago 168 · 53.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 27 42 vs year ago 58 · 72.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
8 vs last sale 6 10 vs year ago 4 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were not well tested. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits 72.87 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$310.50
5 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.92
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555320.001,7761thin
Medium and Large 1-2550312.501,7193thin
Medium and Large 2525295.001,5491thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $227 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 sale5 hd
310.50
MS average12 barns · 167 hd
317.42
−6.92
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−72.87
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,318162.702,1447thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,720145.002,4941thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,077141.511,5245thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$2,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,2722thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,183$2,1003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$3,5672thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,320$2,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323160.65/cwt149.00–168.002,1256
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,720145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,4941
CowsLean 85-90%1,077141.51/cwt135.00–148.001,5245
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,2521
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600550312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7193
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518326.12/cwt317.50–335.001,6892
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950945267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,5281
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400384380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4597
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400353407.36/cwt392.50–422.501,4383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8295
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500465335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1955180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7192
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8441
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6811
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5132
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900885247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450428300.28/cwt287.50–307.501,2853
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405364.04/cwt361.00–367.001,4742
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2252,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2302,272.46/head2,150.00–2,400.002,2722
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1833,566.91/head3,150.00–3,875.003,5672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3202,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1832,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1003
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515348.41/cwt340.00–352.501,7943
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4181
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6101
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300278393.29/cwt375.00–410.001,0932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330415.23/cwt407.50–422.501,3702
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8831
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300275437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2031
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0203,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650603308.74/cwt307.50–310.001,8622
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375415.93/cwt402.50–437.501,5604
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5491

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.