Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 43▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 2▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really to light of a run to call a trend but all looked mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.76/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$118.76
10 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$474
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2357121.734357thin
Medium and Large 1497111.835563thin
One grade step is worth $9.89/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale10 hd
118.76
—
MS average13 barns · 1,215 hd
116.53
+2.23
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—Average1,49388.351,3193thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86835.753102thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2245136.00/cwt136.00–136.003331
Steers—Medium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 2690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290128.00/cwt128.00–128.003711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370121.02/cwt115.50–124.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475114.00/cwt114.00–114.005421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508110.75/cwt110.00–111.505632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275163.00/cwt163.00–163.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49388.35/cwt86.50–90.501,3193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79028.00/cwt28.00–28.002211
Cows—Lean 85-90%94543.50/cwt43.50–43.504111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,160944.36/cwt805.00–1,090.0010,9553
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2840380.00/cwt380.00–380.003,1921
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2923718.51/cwt670.00–770.006,6322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,5141
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110580.00/cwt580.00–580.006,4381

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.