Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-10-12

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 93▼ 205 vs year ago 274 · −74.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 24 vs year ago 34 · −70.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough cattle on offer for an accurate price trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.38/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$125.38
26 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1401129.7352010thin
Medium and Large 2383122.6646916thin
One grade step is worth $7.08/cwt here — about $50 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 sale26 hd
125.38
—
MS average13 barns · 717 hd
116.70
+8.68
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%Average1,25049.496192thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87043.653803thin

Every lot

29 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 1325143.00/cwt143.00–143.004651
Steers—Medium and Large 1515122.50/cwt122.50–122.506311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295126.00/cwt126.00–126.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300116.00/cwt116.00–116.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328122.99/cwt122.00–124.004034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366120.98/cwt120.00–122.004434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380103.00/cwt103.00–103.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430116.00/cwt116.00–116.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455107.00/cwt107.00–107.004871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550119.88/cwt118.00–121.006598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605103.00/cwt103.00–103.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2245144.00/cwt144.00–144.003531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265134.35/cwt120.00–144.003565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305144.69/cwt142.00–147.004413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337126.98/cwt125.00–130.004283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355124.96/cwt122.00–128.004442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385131.00/cwt130.00–132.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430126.38/cwt123.00–130.005432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468114.95/cwt113.00–117.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478119.25/cwt119.00–119.505702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Full585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Full63585.00/cwt85.00–85.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675101.00/cwt101.00–101.006821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83040.48/cwt40.00–41.003362
Cows—Lean 85-90%95050.00/cwt50.00–50.004751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25049.49/cwt49.00–50.006192

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.