Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 19▼ 153 vs year ago 233 · −65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 7▼ 16 vs year ago 26 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend, but looked cheaper.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.37/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$117.37
30 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444122.5154412thin
Medium and Large 1-2575114.336586thin
Medium and Large 2399113.7445412thin
One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $90 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 sale30 hd
117.37
—
MS average13 barns · 1,061 hd
122.41
−5.04
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%Average1,26557.507273thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91841.933854thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280138.00/cwt138.00–138.003861
Steers—Medium and Large 1345156.00/cwt156.00–156.005381
Steers—Medium and Large 2345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
Steers—Medium and Large 2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 1440134.00/cwt134.00–134.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 1455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 2470130.52/cwt130.00–131.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 2510122.01/cwt120.00–123.006223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553129.50/cwt129.50–129.507163
Steers—Medium and Large 2555126.00/cwt126.00–126.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607128.50/cwt128.50–128.507802
Steers—Medium and Large 2715113.03/cwt109.00–115.008083
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220120.00/cwt120.00–120.002641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283121.57/cwt120.00–123.003442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370114.00/cwt114.00–114.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387129.84/cwt127.50–132.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434112.71/cwt100.00–120.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463120.51/cwt119.00–122.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2493104.47/cwt99.00–110.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503118.77/cwt115.50–122.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525112.00/cwt112.00–112.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575106.00/cwt106.00–106.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598114.00/cwt114.00–114.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472132.62/cwt131.00–135.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532129.02/cwt126.00–131.006863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600129.00/cwt129.00–129.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight73030.00/cwt30.00–30.002191
Cows—Lean 85-90%98045.90/cwt40.00–48.504503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26557.50/cwt56.00–60.507273

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.