Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-03-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 30
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 71▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light run, Quality low - average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.45/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$118.45
26 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.94
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461123.0556716thin
Medium and Large 2436111.1048510thin
One grade step is worth $11.95/cwt here — about $83 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 sale26 hd
118.45
—
MS average12 barns · 638 hd
123.40
−4.94
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%Average1,05256.4659410
CowsLean 85-90%Low94840.253826thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350151.00/cwt151.00–151.005291
Steers—Medium and Large 2370129.22/cwt121.00–141.004783
Steers—Medium and Large 2425131.00/cwt131.00–131.005571
Steers—Medium and Large 1440139.00/cwt139.00–139.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 2468104.92/cwt100.00–110.004912
Steers—Medium and Large 1522136.69/cwt133.00–140.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 353090.00/cwt90.00–90.004771
Steers—Medium and Large 1555138.00/cwt137.00–139.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 359598.00/cwt98.00–98.005831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305123.00/cwt123.00–123.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373135.13/cwt133.00–137.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375110.92/cwt109.00–113.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425109.37/cwt108.00–110.004653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431126.21/cwt120.00–133.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475120.98/cwt118.00–123.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488111.28/cwt105.00–117.505432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518114.36/cwt108.50–120.505922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528107.75/cwt107.50–108.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550112.50/cwt112.50–112.506191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy660102.00/cwt102.00–102.006731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225120.00/cwt120.00–120.002701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320150.55/cwt147.00–154.004822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485124.00/cwt124.00–124.006011
Bulls—Medium and Large 351090.00/cwt90.00–90.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555100.00/cwt100.00–100.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 357590.00/cwt90.00–90.005181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85045.00/cwt45.00–45.003831
Cows—Lean 85-90%88022.00/cwt22.00–22.001941
Cows—Lean 85-90%99043.63/cwt40.00–45.004324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05256.46/cwt52.50–60.5059410

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.