Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-03-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 2
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 143▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 11▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were steady to 7 cheaper, slaughter bulls and cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.65/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$121.65
46 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2435127.1555318thin
Medium and Large 1468124.0458011thin
Medium and Large 2442118.985259thin
Medium and Large 2-3376113.004256thin
Medium and Large 352396.875072thin
One grade step is worth $30.28/cwt here — about $46 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 sale46 hd
121.65
—
MS average13 barns · 933 hd
129.90
−8.25
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—Average1,40579.741,1202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05060.506351thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96538.863757thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 329095.00/cwt95.00–95.002761
Steers—Medium and Large 1390154.00/cwt144.00–164.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2406163.50/cwt163.50–163.506646
Steers—Medium and Large 1425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486147.00/cwt147.00–147.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 2515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006641
Steers—Medium and Large 1527137.62/cwt130.00–145.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 2625122.00/cwt122.00–122.007631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320132.81/cwt129.00–137.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323139.49/cwt139.00–140.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3337130.00/cwt130.00–130.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378134.00/cwt134.00–134.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380130.89/cwt127.00–135.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-338090.00/cwt90.00–90.003422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3412119.00/cwt119.00–119.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425126.00/cwt126.00–126.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444125.85/cwt123.00–129.5055912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455125.50/cwt125.50–125.505713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465110.72/cwt100.00–123.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477127.24/cwt125.00–131.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 352396.87/cwt94.00–100.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 171098.00/cwt98.00–98.006961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275161.00/cwt161.00–161.004431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320160.55/cwt154.00–167.505143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333142.85/cwt139.00–147.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357159.30/cwt156.00–163.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2363166.00/cwt166.00–166.006034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433141.73/cwt138.00–145.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485134.03/cwt129.00–138.006503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490129.50/cwt129.00–130.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535123.00/cwt123.00–123.006581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588107.49/cwt105.00–110.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610113.49/cwt113.00–114.006922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,40579.74/cwt75.50–82.751,1202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94133.60/cwt27.00–39.503164
Cows—Lean 85-90%99745.88/cwt40.50–52.504573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05060.50/cwt60.50–60.506351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2767550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,2192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed805380.00/cwt380.00–380.003,0591
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1870700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,0901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,280790.00/cwt790.00–790.0010,1121

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.