Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 118▼ 97 vs year ago 184 · −52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 20▼ 28 vs year ago 47 · −59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 3 vs year ago 12 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.04/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$122.04
29 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.17
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386126.0148723
Medium and Large 2409109.004464thin
Medium and Large 3380102.503902thin
One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $97 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 sale29 hd
122.04
—
MS average12 barns · 875 hd
113.87
+8.17
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%Average1,24144.705557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10234.823846thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005211
Steers—Medium and Large 1545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
Steers—Medium and Large 1680111.50/cwt111.50–111.507582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228129.61/cwt125.00–135.002964
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275119.00/cwt119.00–119.003271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312124.70/cwt121.00–127.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369127.63/cwt123.00–131.004714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408119.47/cwt118.00–121.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430110.50/cwt110.00–111.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy435166.00/cwt166.00–166.007222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495114.75/cwt114.50–115.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 250096.00/cwt96.00–96.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519113.76/cwt112.00–115.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 352595.00/cwt95.00–95.004991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295125.00/cwt125.00–125.003691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332141.24/cwt138.00–145.004693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340135.48/cwt134.00–137.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340109.00/cwt109.00–109.003711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350126.00/cwt123.00–129.004412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355139.26/cwt134.00–150.004943
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385107.00/cwt107.00–107.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453118.31/cwt115.00–120.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475111.01/cwt110.00–112.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540103.00/cwt103.00–103.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 263596.00/cwt96.00–96.006101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10234.82/cwt30.00–39.503846
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24144.70/cwt40.00–49.505557
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1960650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,2401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,245750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,3381

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.