Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-08-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 24
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 45▲ 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 6▲ 14 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 few more cattle but still not enough to call a true trend but everything looked pretty steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.59/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$130.59
30 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.59
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2382140.005352thin
Medium and Large 1436130.6457013thin
Medium and Large 2381129.2949315thin
One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about $42 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 sale30 hd
130.59
—
MS average13 barns · 738 hd
123.00
+7.59
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—Average1,48875.001,1162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05855.1958410

Every lot

39 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004651
Steers—Medium and Large 2325139.00/cwt139.00–139.004521
Steers—Medium and Large 1355148.00/cwt148.00–148.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 2388125.98/cwt123.00–129.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 2405121.00/cwt121.00–121.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1413132.01/cwt130.00–134.005452
Steers—Medium and Large 2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1595123.50/cwt123.50–123.507351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283125.49/cwt124.00–127.003552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338127.01/cwt126.00–128.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370127.25/cwt122.00–133.004715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415116.41/cwt114.00–119.004832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470104.47/cwt100.00–109.004916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520101.56/cwt100.00–103.005282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560116.07/cwt110.00–120.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565103.00/cwt103.00–103.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820101.00/cwt101.00–101.008281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2193144.94/cwt140.00–150.002802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275143.72/cwt141.00–145.003953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1311148.63/cwt142.00–154.004625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370127.64/cwt125.00–130.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382140.00/cwt140.00–140.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412130.82/cwt127.00–133.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433117.98/cwt115.00–121.005112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485119.00/cwt119.00–119.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510114.00/cwt114.00–114.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573114.49/cwt114.00–115.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623107.37/cwt104.00–111.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18565.00/cwt65.00–65.007701
Bulls——1,79085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05855.19/cwt50.00–60.5058410

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.