Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-06

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 6
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
86 vs last sale 216 99 vs year ago 229 · 43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
43 vs last sale 69 52 vs year ago 78 · 66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
2 vs last sale 19 6 vs year ago 15 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $338.28/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits 45.09 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$338.28
17 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.31
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550357.671,9674thin
Medium and Large 2565334.381,88912thin
Medium and Large 3570307.501,7531thin
One grade step is worth $50.17/cwt here — about $214 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 sale17 hd
338.28
MS average12 barns · 190 hd
351.59
−13.31
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−45.09
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
BullsAverage1,713192.803,3032thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,114152.661,70115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100133.501,4694thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$2,6251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,170$1,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)802$1,7502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$1,7472thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)938$2,6183thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,063$2,2308
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)888$2,0283thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2500–550531342.46/cwt335.00–350.001,8184
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313377.44/cwt375.00–380.001,1812
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570347.57/cwt340.00–355.001,9812
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530367.78/cwt357.50–377.501,9492
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2042
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2791
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500467328.20/cwt320.00–342.501,5333
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,26112
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4111
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723323.94/cwt317.50–330.002,3422
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750715260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8592
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900865252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1841
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500472335.33/cwt322.50–345.001,5833
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6911
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622325.82/cwt320.00–335.002,0273
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700695305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1201
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3231
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373366.19/cwt365.00–367.501,3662
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5181
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600582330.34/cwt322.50–337.501,9238
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350305462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,4111
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250245477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,1701
CowsLean 85-90%1,100133.50/cwt130.00–139.001,4694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,101151.42/cwt142.00–163.001,66714
Bulls1,713192.80/cwt190.00–195.003,3032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 17001,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 18882,028.19/head1,750.00–2,475.002,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400370312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1561
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600570307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7531
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250200325.00/cwt325.00–325.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450415292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2141
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0052,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450430.00/cwt422.50–437.501,9352
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300268512.20/cwt477.50–545.001,3732
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7941
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,7581
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1152,315.95/head1,700.00–2,750.002,3167
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19382,617.81/head1,875.00–2,900.002,6183
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563368.76/cwt367.50–370.002,0762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1801,746.50/head1,550.00–1,900.001,7472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1701,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370437.97/cwt425.00–465.001,6203
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250225562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,2661
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765347.48/cwt345.00–350.002,6582
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4481
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,0451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18021,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800766325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4903
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0362
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7511
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6241
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,4921
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,7941

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.