Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-07-21

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
19 vs last sale 78 83 vs year ago 180 · 46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 16 62 vs year ago 80 · 77.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
13 vs last sale 14 19 vs year ago 20 · 95.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested. Feeder bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality was plain to average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.02/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits 50.34 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$333.02
5 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538334.411,7974thin
Medium and Large 2520327.501,7031thin
One grade step is worth $6.90/cwt here — about $94 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
333.02
MS average13 barns · 138 hd
331.17
+1.85
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−50.34
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
BullsAverage1,875205.633,8562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161157.961,83411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031135.521,3974thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,370$2,2001thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250215392.50/cwt392.50–392.508441
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6603
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475319.05/cwt310.00–327.501,5153
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325351.25/cwt345.00–357.501,1422
BullsMedium and Large 2150–200195377.50/cwt377.50–377.507361
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250218469.91/cwt467.50–472.501,0242
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375377.10/cwt367.50–387.501,4142
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400395297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,1751
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450410290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0045
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420346.65/cwt322.50–360.001,4563
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408379.08/cwt365.00–397.501,5473
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7812
CowsLean 85-90%1,031135.52/cwt124.00–149.001,3974
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132155.85/cwt150.00–162.001,7649
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293167.48/cwt166.00–169.002,1662
Bulls1,875205.63/cwt202.00–210.003,8562
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6221
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7031
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850815232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8911
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225415.00/cwt415.00–415.009341
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505356.31/cwt350.00–362.501,7992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345370.32/cwt365.00–377.501,2787
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566317.35/cwt310.00–332.501,7963
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328361.32/cwt352.50–370.001,1852
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8991
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,5461
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350326441.67/cwt420.00–467.501,4405
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365417.02/cwt397.50–432.501,5223
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400380297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,1311
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5811
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250227349.39/cwt337.50–370.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523306.20/cwt295.00–317.501,6012
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500466362.39/cwt350.00–372.501,6895
HeifersMedium and Large 11850–19001,891307.50/cwt307.50–307.505,8151

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.