Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-06-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
3 vs last sale 88 16 vs year ago 69 · +23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
6 vs last sale 8 0 vs year ago 14 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle were not well tested. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was mostly plain and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.00/cwt on 3 head, down $15.44 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits 13.62 against this barn's trailing median of $388.62.
Average price
$375.00
15.44 vs prior sale
3 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.95
vs MS average
25.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540385.002,0791thin
Medium and Large 2540370.001,9982thin
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $81 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
430404377351median 388.6201/0501/1904/0607/0607/13
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 sale3 hd
375.00
MS average14 barns · 166 hd
377.95
−2.95
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−25.52
This barn, trailing median8 sales
388.62
−13.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250181.302,2668thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average880147.941,3023thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%880147.94/cwt135.00–165.001,3023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,144177.63/cwt170.00–183.002,0324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,356184.96/cwt181.00–187.002,5084
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1261
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,2911
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378508.69/cwt507.50–510.001,9232
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4791
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5811
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300290397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400350347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550535362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9391
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450423441.32/cwt440.00–442.501,8672
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350347517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,7962
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473401.28/cwt395.00–407.501,8982
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600550365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,9021
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,3983
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2191
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530378.75/cwt370.00–387.502,0072
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800760322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4511
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0621
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378471.54/cwt465.00–477.501,7822
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9861
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450417467.95/cwt460.00–485.001,9515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,8483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500495420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0394
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,7911
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300250600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0791
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300256457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,1712
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6831
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8141
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515431.91/cwt402.50–475.002,2243
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350340387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3181
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400350427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,4961
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375433.50/cwt430.00–445.001,6264
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430465.06/cwt462.50–467.502,0002
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600555425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3591
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,4381

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.