Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-03-22

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 155▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 33▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 7▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers looked steady, slaughter cows and bulls looked steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.04/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$126.04
37 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.74
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454128.1658226
Medium and Large 1-2484124.256014thin
Medium and Large 2386119.194607thin
One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about $122 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 sale37 hd
126.04
—
MS average13 barns · 1,125 hd
129.77
−3.74
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—Average1,67580.501,3481thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15055.256352thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295171.00/cwt171.00–171.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1325169.00/cwt169.00–169.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1365165.00/cwt160.00–170.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 1421159.00/cwt150.00–168.006695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487145.00/cwt145.00–145.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007291
Steers—Medium and Large 2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612124.50/cwt124.50–124.507622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215120.00/cwt120.00–120.002581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265143.00/cwt143.00–143.003791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275126.15/cwt120.00–133.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321136.00/cwt136.00–136.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328143.45/cwt142.00–145.004714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385141.74/cwt141.00–142.505462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422134.95/cwt123.50–143.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488126.48/cwt123.00–130.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500120.83/cwt120.00–130.0060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573111.03/cwt109.00–113.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640108.00/cwt108.00–108.006911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647112.50/cwt112.50–112.507282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275160.81/cwt157.50–164.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365161.00/cwt161.00–161.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380159.08/cwt153.00–165.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458145.99/cwt144.00–148.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,3481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00040.00/cwt40.00–40.004001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30070.50/cwt70.50–70.509171
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0017,4851
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090765.00/cwt765.00–765.008,3391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980530.00/cwt530.00–530.005,1941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035595.00/cwt595.00–595.006,1581
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1311,098.41/cwt975.00–1,160.0012,4233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,178944.00/cwt700.00–1,035.0011,1203
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,070.00/cwt1,070.00–1,070.0012,2521

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.