Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-10-05

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 83▼ 110 vs year ago 203 · −54.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 41 vs year ago 61 · −67.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and heifers were $2-$6 lower. slaughter cows and bulls were $4-$8 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.12/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$110.12
43 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568111.8963521
Medium and Large 1527110.1558015thin
Medium and Large 2442104.744637thin
One grade step is worth $7.15/cwt here — about $172 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 sale43 hd
110.12
—
MS average13 barns · 1,137 hd
114.75
−4.64
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—Low1,17863.507482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29852.496815thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89840.853676thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004311
Steers—Medium and Large 1390136.00/cwt136.00–136.005301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461134.50/cwt134.50–134.506204
Steers—Medium and Large 2530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577124.00/cwt124.00–124.007155
Steers—Medium and Large 1593119.99/cwt118.00–122.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627121.50/cwt121.50–121.507622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260122.45/cwt120.00–125.003182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415119.04/cwt117.00–121.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436122.50/cwt122.50–122.505344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463106.16/cwt100.00–112.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472120.00/cwt120.00–120.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525111.80/cwt110.00–115.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 253092.97/cwt92.00–94.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585112.47/cwt110.00–115.0065812
Heifers—Medium and Large 259090.00/cwt90.00–90.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 161898.45/cwt96.00–101.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650101.00/cwt101.00–101.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273890.00/cwt90.00–90.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 188084.00/cwt84.00–84.007391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295116.00/cwt116.00–116.003421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338115.87/cwt110.00–122.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375132.00/cwt132.00–132.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423123.79/cwt118.00–129.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431112.66/cwt108.00–120.004864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477112.94/cwt109.00–120.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507112.14/cwt110.00–113.505693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,17863.50/cwt63.50–63.507482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78839.76/cwt39.50–40.003132
Cows—Lean 85-90%94843.02/cwt41.50–45.004083
Cows—Lean 85-90%97036.50/cwt36.50–36.503541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29852.49/cwt51.50–53.506815

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.