Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-11-03

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 3
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
36 vs last sale 103 43 vs year ago 96 · +44.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
4 vs last sale 27 12 vs year ago 43 · 27.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 7 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 8-18 higher, heifers sold steady to12 hhigher. slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.52/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 63.14 against this barn's trailing median of $387.65.
Average price
$324.52
11 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.02
vs MS average
41.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537326.471,75310thin
Medium and Large 2510305.001,5561thin
One grade step is worth $21.47/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
430404377351median 387.6512/1501/1202/1606/0107/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $387.65 across 9 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
324.52
MS average14 barns · 228 hd
338.54
−14.02
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−41.09
This barn, trailing median9 sales
387.65
−63.14
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
BullsAverage1,670185.003,0901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,291159.482,0595thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,610154.002,4791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,081134.251,45112

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)815$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,005$1,6751thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0162
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565329.08/cwt322.50–332.501,8593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400389447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,73912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8395
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475372.58/cwt367.50–375.001,7703
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333483.93/cwt460.00–525.001,6113
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8671
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525325.35/cwt317.50–332.501,7087
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29751,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0051,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750700212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350333401.02/cwt400.00–404.001,3354
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400395340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3431
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350310462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,4341
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450418361.14/cwt355.00–367.501,5102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550510242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2371
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4841
CowsLean 85-90%1,005126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2662
CowsLean 85-90%1,128142.26/cwt130.00–149.001,6058
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,610154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,4791
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280165.48/cwt164.00–167.002,1182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,298155.48/cwt154.00–156.002,0183
Bulls1,670185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650625245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5311
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5561
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250376.00/cwt376.00–376.009401
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300260490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2741
CowsLean 85-90%970110.46/cwt110.00–111.001,0712
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950945247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750740277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0541
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400386412.26/cwt355.00–440.001,5915
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600578328.34/cwt310.00–347.501,8982
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530332.08/cwt317.50–347.501,7602
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333399.93/cwt390.00–407.501,3324
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418395.35/cwt365.00–427.001,6536
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273395.48/cwt387.50–402.501,0802
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663341.26/cwt337.50–345.002,2632
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350326457.05/cwt420.00–500.001,4905
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483375.81/cwt372.50–382.501,8153
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750740330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4421
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250218529.11/cwt522.50–535.001,1532
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500492328.36/cwt322.50–337.501,6163
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618312.64/cwt307.50–317.501,9322
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2231
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0161
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250220410.00/cwt410.00–410.009021
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650323.75/cwt315.00–332.502,1042
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1951
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373381.50/cwt370.00–392.501,4233
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425404.79/cwt387.50–422.501,7202
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171

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.