Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-03-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 8
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 115▲ 44 vs year ago 71 · +62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 32▼ 19 vs year ago 30 · −63.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 24▼ 16 vs year ago 20 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week light calves going back to grass were 5-11 higher on steers and heifers, over 500lbs were steady. slaughter cattle were too light tested but looked steady to 4 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.59/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$128.59
47 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484132.9264313thin
Medium and Large 1451130.8259025
Medium and Large 2460116.155349thin
One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $110 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 sale47 hd
128.59
—
MS average13 barns · 1,221 hd
129.46
−0.87
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—Average1,58387.321,3823thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19058.756992thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90441.363744thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
Steers—Medium and Large 1295186.00/cwt186.00–186.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1312180.35/cwt180.00–181.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 1373180.58/cwt177.00–184.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 1425165.51/cwt165.00–166.007032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434167.00/cwt167.00–167.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 1463161.05/cwt159.00–163.007462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506155.00/cwt155.00–155.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585134.00/cwt134.00–134.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1595134.00/cwt134.00–134.007971
Steers—Medium and Large 1640128.00/cwt128.00–128.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240129.00/cwt129.00–129.003101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300125.00/cwt125.00–125.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323140.89/cwt136.00–144.004555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366142.02/cwt137.00–145.005205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370146.00/cwt146.00–146.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418139.00/cwt139.00–139.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422133.00/cwt133.00–133.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438116.44/cwt113.00–120.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465132.01/cwt131.00–133.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521120.52/cwt113.00–135.506284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527128.50/cwt128.50–128.506774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600106.00/cwt106.00–106.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617113.96/cwt110.00–118.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735104.50/cwt104.50–104.507681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335169.00/cwt169.00–169.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1393168.47/cwt164.00–173.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429153.87/cwt144.00–160.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437138.56/cwt129.00–148.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450154.00/cwt149.00–159.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507138.01/cwt135.00–140.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645113.00/cwt113.00–113.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 183095.00/cwt95.00–95.007891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58387.32/cwt84.50–89.001,3823
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight75340.23/cwt40.00–40.503032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04045.00/cwt45.00–45.004681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07040.00/cwt40.00–40.004281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14050.00/cwt50.00–50.005701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24067.50/cwt67.50–67.508371
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2920800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,3601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,9751

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.