Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-08-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
34 vs last sale 150 62 vs year ago 178 · 34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 26 19 vs year ago 32 · 59.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 1 vs year ago 3 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $346.24/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits 37.13 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$346.24
22 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$38.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.20
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502359.431,80413thin
Medium and Large 1577339.211,9573thin
Medium and Large 2556321.171,7856thin
One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $20 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

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 sale22 hd
346.24
MS average13 barns · 181 hd
341.03
+5.20
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−37.13
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
BullsAverage1,063162.441,7272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,198171.002,0498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low980100.009801thin

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)800$1,9501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$2,3501thin

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
Bulls1,063162.44/cwt160.00–165.001,7272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303178.52/cwt176.00–182.002,3263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,135166.48/cwt152.00–174.001,8905
CowsLean 85-90%980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009801
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400354435.47/cwt427.50–442.501,5424
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680316.08/cwt305.00–327.502,1492
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525327.60/cwt317.50–337.501,7202
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350340357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400355352.50/cwt340.00–365.001,2512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576335.27/cwt333.00–337.501,9314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,2345
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275505.62/cwt497.50–512.501,3903
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7921
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900860240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0641
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430364.83/cwt360.00–370.001,5692
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470377.59/cwt375.00–380.001,7754
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372376.86/cwt367.50–392.501,4023
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,0902,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550502359.43/cwt352.50–362.501,80413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4545
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0132
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613323.73/cwt320.00–327.501,9842
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750747285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1292
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323457.44/cwt432.50–472.501,4783
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510330.77/cwt327.50–337.501,6873
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0271
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630322.42/cwt317.50–327.502,0312
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531349.89/cwt345.00–360.001,8583
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457352.39/cwt340.00–360.001,6103
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463391.30/cwt382.50–400.001,8122
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2391
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571317.96/cwt312.50–325.001,8164
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450408339.97/cwt335.00–345.001,3872
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477329.60/cwt325.00–334.001,5723
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1451
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600577339.21/cwt332.50–352.501,9573

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.