Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-01-19

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 19
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
94 vs last sale 120 28 vs year ago 186 · +15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
10 vs last sale 14 9 vs year ago 15 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 1 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.07/cwt on 27 head, down $10.60 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits 17.58 against this barn's trailing median of $387.65.
Average price
$370.07
10.60 vs prior sale
27 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$68.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.65
vs MS average
40.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545378.272,06216thin
Medium and Large 1545369.642,0147thin
Medium and Large 2557347.411,9343thin
Medium and Large 3565310.001,7521thin
One grade step is worth $68.27/cwt here — about $310 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

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 sale27 hd
370.07
MS average14 barns · 274 hd
372.72
−2.65
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−40.80
This barn, trailing median9 sales
387.65
−17.58
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
BullsAverage1,845191.523,5342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,192156.921,87013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053141.031,4855thin

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)1,500$3,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,5933thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,130$2,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1-2250–300285570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,6254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400350527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,8463
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425418.98/cwt415.00–420.001,7815
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600558367.26/cwt362.00–370.002,0493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470452.19/cwt435.00–465.002,1257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350348592.50/cwt592.50–592.502,0626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600554367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550541383.16/cwt380.00–385.002,07311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750747355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5897
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450437427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,8684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367451.32/cwt437.50–480.001,65615
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350345452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,5611
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570346.12/cwt342.50–350.001,9732
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8551
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7641
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,3931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471414.78/cwt385.00–422.501,9545
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550525337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7721
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525416.73/cwt397.50–440.002,1884
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8321
CowsLean 85-90%1,053141.03/cwt137.00–146.001,4855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295168.98/cwt165.00–173.002,1882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,173154.73/cwt149.00–161.001,81511
Bulls1,845191.52/cwt189.00–194.003,5342
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5003,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 17381,889.41/head1,775.00–2,000.001,8892
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350340237.50/cwt237.50–237.508081
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800785327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,5711
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9061
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535371.42/cwt368.00–375.001,9874
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300277604.10/cwt557.50–635.001,6733
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4321
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450416472.56/cwt460.00–500.001,9668
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528441.30/cwt430.00–452.502,3302
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375502.22/cwt475.00–532.501,8832
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300282630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,7772
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373412.62/cwt410.00–415.001,5392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5254,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,1302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423473.06/cwt452.50–497.502,0013
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758343.64/cwt332.50–355.002,6052
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1841
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9361
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565412.00/cwt400.00–420.002,3285
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627381.13/cwt365.00–412.502,3903
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483397.58/cwt382.50–412.501,9202
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333477.56/cwt475.00–480.001,5902
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2611
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2391
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,3421
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500467468.63/cwt447.50–480.002,1893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450437492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1528
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500469424.77/cwt417.50–430.001,9927

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.