Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-07-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 27
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 131▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week the steers and heifers were unevenly steady, slaughter cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.15/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$112.15
46 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466123.195758thin
Medium and Large 2-3475111.5053012thin
Medium and Large 1-2602109.2465717thin
Medium and Large 2544108.695919thin
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale46 hd
112.15
—
MS average13 barns · 951 hd
124.48
−12.34
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%High1,16065.007541thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low85840.503483thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2380126.93/cwt122.00–132.004822
Steers—Medium and Large 2406129.57/cwt128.00–134.005264
Steers—Medium and Large 1460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1523139.00/cwt139.00–139.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy775114.50/cwt114.50–114.508871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265139.00/cwt139.00–139.003681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360119.50/cwt119.50–119.504301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415133.51/cwt133.00–134.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453121.01/cwt120.00–122.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473115.21/cwt110.00–120.505453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3475111.50/cwt111.50–111.5053012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506116.00/cwt116.00–116.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510115.50/cwt115.50–115.505891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523109.52/cwt109.00–110.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy566116.50/cwt116.50–116.506593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580112.00/cwt112.00–112.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595100.00/cwt100.00–100.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620113.00/cwt113.00–113.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630104.00/cwt104.00–104.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640103.50/cwt103.50–103.506623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy73393.00/cwt93.00–93.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy84590.00/cwt90.00–90.007611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy205150.00/cwt150.00–150.003081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1227157.82/cwt155.00–163.003583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260151.00/cwt151.00–151.003931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2321155.00/cwt155.00–155.004983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380131.80/cwt130.00–133.505012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435128.50/cwt127.00–130.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440128.00/cwt128.00–128.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464127.51/cwt126.00–129.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480118.00/cwt118.00–118.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550111.00/cwt111.00–111.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588120.51/cwt118.00–123.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603115.00/cwt114.00–116.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy626121.00/cwt121.00–121.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83540.00/cwt40.00–40.003341
Cows—Lean 85-90%83530.00/cwt30.00–30.002511
Cows—Lean 85-90%90551.50/cwt51.50–51.504661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16065.00/cwt65.00–65.007541

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.