Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2019-10-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
159 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 114▲ 159 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 20▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 19▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 4.00-12.00 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate and quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.99/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$110.99
49 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.35
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415114.9947823
Medium and Large 2491107.4552726
One grade step is worth $7.55/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
110.99
—
MS average13 barns · 1,198 hd
113.34
−2.35
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
Bulls—Average1,61572.061,1642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24644.495544thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08333.683654thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330139.46/cwt137.00–142.004602
Steers—Medium and Large 1438135.30/cwt134.00–140.0059312
Steers—Medium and Large 1454128.74/cwt125.00–134.005844
Steers—Medium and Large 2470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 1526124.50/cwt123.00–127.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 2615113.02/cwt112.00–114.006952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312110.68/cwt109.00–112.003453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322118.04/cwt115.00–120.003805
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376114.50/cwt113.00–116.004317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425109.51/cwt109.00–110.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439112.77/cwt112.00–113.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470110.72/cwt110.50–112.005207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473115.49/cwt114.00–117.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513114.15/cwt112.50–116.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522105.13/cwt100.00–110.005495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555114.50/cwt114.50–114.506351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617103.13/cwt100.00–107.006367
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2232125.00/cwt125.00–125.002902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300135.00/cwt135.00–135.004051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313125.96/cwt125.00–127.003942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363126.53/cwt122.00–131.004592
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390108.85/cwt106.00–112.004254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405117.83/cwt114.00–120.004773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418128.01/cwt127.00–129.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427105.89/cwt100.00–110.004526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460115.41/cwt114.00–118.505319
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473107.30/cwt106.00–110.005083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523110.00/cwt110.00–110.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 356599.38/cwt95.00–104.005612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,61572.06/cwt66.50–76.501,1642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08333.68/cwt26.00–36.503654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24644.49/cwt42.00–50.005544
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,070700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,4901
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,215830.00/cwt830.00–830.0010,0851

This sale against other markets

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.