Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 125▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 3▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 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 steady to 6 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.96/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$134.96
32 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.42
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439141.6462222
Medium and Large 2481120.2657810thin
One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $43 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 sale32 hd
134.96
—
MS average13 barns · 1,131 hd
133.53
+1.42
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%Low1,05858.046147thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92547.694412thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1303182.48/cwt180.00–185.005532
Steers—Medium and Large 1388177.16/cwt172.50–182.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 1423176.68/cwt176.00–177.007473
Steers—Medium and Large 1540147.98/cwt146.00–150.007992
Steers—Medium and Large 1640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1900118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285131.88/cwt125.00–139.003762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305131.00/cwt131.00–131.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315145.50/cwt136.00–155.004582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355127.00/cwt127.00–127.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370148.89/cwt143.00–156.005517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423146.37/cwt138.00–153.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488140.97/cwt139.00–143.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505119.00/cwt119.00–119.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523130.81/cwt123.00–139.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560123.00/cwt123.00–123.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628110.21/cwt109.00–114.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657119.00/cwt119.00–119.007822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372175.51/cwt167.50–180.006533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425137.94/cwt125.00–150.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465152.21/cwt147.00–159.007084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520148.45/cwt146.00–151.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618129.01/cwt128.00–130.007972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92547.69/cwt45.50–49.504412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04354.67/cwt54.50–55.005703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06960.56/cwt58.00–62.506474
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,2301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053957.35/cwt800.00–1,030.0010,0814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0691,053.66/cwt900.00–1,270.0011,2646

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.