Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-07-20

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 20
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 82▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week calves were unevenly steady, Slaughter cattle were a little cheaper, not enough to really test on slaughters

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.66/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$118.66
51 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.18
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431126.5754519thin
Medium and Large 1-2638114.8573314thin
Medium and Large 2463113.2652518thin
One grade step is worth $13.31/cwt here — about $20 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 sale51 hd
118.66
—
MS average13 barns · 796 hd
121.84
−3.18
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—Average1,45772.001,0493thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89549.004391thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2430133.00/cwt133.00–133.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 2478118.66/cwt114.00–123.005672
Steers—Medium and Large 1514134.09/cwt132.00–138.506894
Steers—Medium and Large 2520124.06/cwt112.00–129.006454
Steers—Medium and Large 1560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2583117.06/cwt111.00–121.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 1615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007751
Steers—Medium and Large 1655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 2670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265143.00/cwt143.00–143.003791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329134.44/cwt132.00–138.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364134.62/cwt130.00–139.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2403116.09/cwt116.00–117.0046812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412129.00/cwt119.00–134.505313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480114.50/cwt114.50–114.505501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy485116.00/cwt116.00–116.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515117.10/cwt114.00–120.026032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528112.91/cwt109.00–116.505964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560115.44/cwt112.00–119.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582114.00/cwt114.00–114.006635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600104.00/cwt104.00–104.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669115.32/cwt115.00–116.007719
Heifers—Medium and Large 279090.00/cwt90.00–90.007111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795103.00/cwt103.00–103.008191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2120124.00/cwt124.00–124.001491
Bulls—Medium 1270151.00/cwt151.00–151.004081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375142.68/cwt137.00–149.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375132.00/cwt122.00–138.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413136.96/cwt132.00–140.005667
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430116.08/cwt110.00–120.004994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466132.27/cwt126.00–137.006166
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475115.11/cwt111.00–125.005474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513112.51/cwt112.00–113.005772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520120.91/cwt118.00–124.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566118.00/cwt117.00–119.006684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618102.63/cwt98.00–107.006342
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17045.00/cwt45.00–45.005271
Bulls——1,36581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1061
Bulls——1,83590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89549.00/cwt49.00–49.004391

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.