Name: Grenada Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Week: feeder cattle were not well tested but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.77/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −12.85 against this barn's trailing median of $388.62.

Average price

$375.77

13 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.64

vs MS average

−14.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	377.50	1,955	12thin
Medium and Large 1	540	355.00	1,917	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $38 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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $365.20, median $388.62 across 8 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 sale13 hd

375.77

—

MS average14 barns · 244 hd

353.13

+22.64

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−14.14

This barn, trailing median8 sales

388.62

−12.85

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,850	193.76	3,584	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	161.05	2,142	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	132.46	1,408	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,535	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,717	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	154.55/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,776	8
Bulls	—	—	1,955	199.34/cwt	188.00–210.00	3,897	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,511	167.54/cwt	164.00–172.00	2,532	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	132.46/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,408	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	396.25/cwt	382.50–410.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	501.90/cwt	477.50–527.50	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,955	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	434.39/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	384.43/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	435.00/cwt	432.50–437.50	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,187	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	431.01/cwt	422.50–437.50	1,595	3

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS

Mon Dec 15, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 86Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 17Year ago 38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	177.00	177.00
3	—	1,955	188.00–210.00	199.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,149	145.00–162.00	154.55
8	—	1,511	164.00–172.00	167.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	120.00–140.00	132.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	532.50	532.50
2	300–350	313	477.50–527.50	501.90
3	350–400	370	422.50–437.50	431.01
4	400–450	423	425.00–445.00	434.39
1	550–600	580	352.50	352.50
2	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	462.50	462.50
1	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	445	432.50–437.50	435.00
1	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	505	382.50–410.00	396.25
4	550–600	576	380.00–390.00	384.43
1	600–650	640	367.50	367.50
1	700–750	720	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	517	423.00	423.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	480	392.50	392.50
1	500–550	540	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	665	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	405	362.50	362.50
1	750–800	765	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	385.00	385.00
12	500–550	518	377.50	377.50
4	650–700	673	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	340.00	340.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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