Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 20▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Small run this week with low to average quality. Not enough to call a market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.88/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$107.88
16 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.03
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460122.505642thin
Medium and Large 2-3500109.505482thin
Medium and Large 2446109.244879thin
Medium and Large 1-2632103.006512thin
Medium and Large 359073.004311thin
One grade step is worth $49.50/cwt here — about $133 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 sale16 hd
107.88
—
MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd
118.92
−11.03
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—Average1,86583.001,5481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24064.257971thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320112.00/cwt112.00–112.003583
Steers—Medium and Large 2385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378110.66/cwt102.00–116.004183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420112.04/cwt111.00–113.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467111.36/cwt108.00–115.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500109.50/cwt109.50–109.505482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 359073.00/cwt73.00–73.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632103.00/cwt103.00–103.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 263593.00/cwt93.00–93.005911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300139.00/cwt139.00–139.004171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375132.04/cwt129.00–135.004952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435126.49/cwt126.00–127.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488123.00/cwt123.00–123.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535119.00/cwt119.00–119.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645109.00/cwt109.00–109.007031
Bulls—Medium and Large 279582.00/cwt82.00–82.006521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24064.25/cwt64.25–64.257971
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940630.00/cwt630.00–630.005,9221
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed665510.00/cwt510.00–510.003,3921

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.