Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 77▲ 65 vs year ago 60 · +108.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 5▼ 17 vs year ago 20 · −85.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a really nice run of calves ready for grass. Steers and heifers sold higher 8 to 12. Slaughter market was to light tested to call a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.99/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$133.99
47 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2417140.6658616thin
Medium and Large 1407136.3755522
Medium and Large 2555117.146508thin
Medium and Large 3295110.003251thin
One grade step is worth $30.66/cwt here — about $261 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
133.99
—
MS average13 barns · 905 hd
132.19
+1.80
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%Average1,08557.506241thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08553.005751thin

Every lot

49 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 2240168.00/cwt168.00–168.004031
Steers—Medium and Large 1295176.00/cwt176.00–176.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 1350177.00/cwt176.00–178.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364183.25/cwt182.00–184.006678
Steers—Medium and Large 2405151.00/cwt151.00–151.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1413175.45/cwt173.00–178.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443179.00/cwt179.00–179.007938
Steers—Medium and Large 2460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1480146.82/cwt130.00–164.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 1505155.00/cwt155.00–155.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 2525147.00/cwt147.00–147.007721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557152.00/cwt152.00–152.008477
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1200141.00/cwt141.00–141.002821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268142.77/cwt140.00–150.003834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292153.00/cwt153.00–153.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 3295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303150.00/cwt150.00–150.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382138.25/cwt127.00–148.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415139.75/cwt138.00–148.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421138.37/cwt127.00–147.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440128.00/cwt128.00–128.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471132.00/cwt132.00–132.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475112.00/cwt112.00–112.005321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516134.00/cwt134.00–134.006914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520128.06/cwt126.00–130.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538127.99/cwt127.00–129.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608114.49/cwt114.00–115.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765109.00/cwt109.00–109.008341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340171.00/cwt171.00–171.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365173.80/cwt172.50–175.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410160.31/cwt144.00–173.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458153.31/cwt142.00–165.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500134.00/cwt134.00–134.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520132.00/cwt132.00–132.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550134.50/cwt134.50–134.507401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575129.15/cwt125.50–133.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630124.50/cwt124.00–125.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730114.00/cwt114.00–114.008321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08557.50/cwt57.50–57.506241
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08553.00/cwt53.00–53.005751

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.