Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-20

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
40 vs last sale 104 81 vs year ago 225 · 36.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
7 vs last sale 15 10 vs year ago 12 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold very unevenly from 10.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. 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 $367.96/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits 15.41 against this barn's trailing median of $383.37.
Average price
$367.96
11 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.51
vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543375.632,0418thin
Medium and Large 2555347.501,9293thin
One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $112 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 sale11 hd
367.96
MS average13 barns · 154 hd
355.45
+12.51
This barn, trailing median3 sales
383.37
−15.41
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
BullsAverage1,495176.002,6311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266155.951,9747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,207133.231,6087thin

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
Bulls1,495176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6311
CowsLean 85-90%1,207133.23/cwt128.00–142.001,6087
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230154.27/cwt150.00–161.001,8986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,480166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4571
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,1951
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350332385.14/cwt380.00–392.501,2793
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750735287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1131
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500470327.07/cwt307.50–347.501,5372
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390385.91/cwt380.00–390.001,5053
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1451
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400358437.03/cwt407.50–482.501,5654
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474339.66/cwt325.00–352.501,6104
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0971
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360381.67/cwt360.00–397.501,3743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517382.70/cwt380.00–385.001,97911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400391420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6423
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373414.40/cwt405.00–425.001,5462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500496350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7364
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,19315
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8462
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550526383.49/cwt377.50–395.002,0175
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618354.25/cwt350.00–357.502,1893
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572362.54/cwt357.50–367.502,0743
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431419.45/cwt410.00–427.501,8085
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3311
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3121
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468415.35/cwt400.00–427.501,9445
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522347.60/cwt340.00–355.001,8143
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460369.89/cwt360.00–380.001,7012
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300274428.73/cwt407.50–455.001,1754
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550505372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8811
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3731
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618361.28/cwt360.00–362.502,2332
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300295325.00/cwt325.00–325.009591
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500484380.31/cwt345.00–397.501,8414
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425369.04/cwt362.50–375.001,5682
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6831
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323492.89/cwt425.00–555.001,5924
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415419.94/cwt415.00–425.001,7432

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.