Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-05-04

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 233▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 26▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a light run this week; Fedder steers and heifers and steers were steady; slaughter cows were steady to 3 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.18/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$114.18
21 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538123.416645thin
Medium and Large 1486116.845688thin
Medium and Large 2446105.754728thin
One grade step is worth $17.66/cwt here — about $192 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 sale21 hd
114.18
—
MS average12 barns · 1,149 hd
113.64
+0.54
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—Average1,60381.801,3112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06055.275866thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93838.103574thin

Every lot

34 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 2425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 2485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
Steers—Medium and Large 2530113.00/cwt113.00–113.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 266393.95/cwt90.00–98.006232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-282585.00/cwt85.00–85.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-291891.50/cwt91.50–91.508403
Steers—Medium and Large 11,08573.00/cwt73.00–73.007921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310119.00/cwt119.00–119.003691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377127.91/cwt125.00–131.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 239093.00/cwt93.00–93.003631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410125.99/cwt125.00–127.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435102.47/cwt100.00–105.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465113.00/cwt113.00–113.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488108.03/cwt105.00–110.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538123.41/cwt110.00–132.006645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670101.00/cwt101.00–101.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 180585.00/cwt85.00–85.006841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265130.00/cwt130.00–130.003451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345127.00/cwt127.00–127.004381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380111.00/cwt111.00–111.004221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420132.91/cwt127.00–138.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455119.00/cwt119.00–119.005411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520107.00/cwt107.00–107.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560104.48/cwt102.00–107.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 267080.00/cwt80.00–80.005361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60381.80/cwt80.00–83.501,3112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89833.53/cwt30.00–36.503012
Cows—Lean 85-90%97842.66/cwt40.00–45.004172
Cows—Boner 80-85%99950.88/cwt48.00–55.505084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18364.05/cwt62.50–65.507582
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2955905.00/cwt905.00–905.008,6431
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2920770.00/cwt770.00–770.007,0841

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.