Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 80▲ 2 vs year ago 43 · +4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 10▲ 83 vs year ago 2 · +4,150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders looked mostly steady, slaughter bulls and cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.75/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$119.75
56 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.13
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2477122.1158327
Medium and Large 1463120.9956015thin
Medium and Large 2460113.8852314thin
One grade step is worth $8.23/cwt here — about $59 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 sale56 hd
119.75
—
MS average13 barns · 1,281 hd
121.89
−2.13
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—Low1,66575.001,2491thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18662.3874024
CowsLean 85-90%Average98650.6449915

Every lot

31 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2383139.63/cwt133.00–146.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 1440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1517135.00/cwt132.00–137.006983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210137.00/cwt137.00–137.002881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295119.00/cwt119.00–119.003511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345125.00/cwt125.00–125.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365125.44/cwt124.00–127.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365124.00/cwt124.00–124.004531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373121.55/cwt119.00–124.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410126.01/cwt120.00–133.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426115.18/cwt100.00–125.504917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432125.54/cwt120.50–130.505428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450119.50/cwt119.00–120.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506124.20/cwt121.00–125.0062810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523113.42/cwt110.00–117.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582109.77/cwt105.00–113.006395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705105.50/cwt103.00–108.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 297589.00/cwt89.00–89.008681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2224140.83/cwt138.00–144.003154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268139.66/cwt136.00–143.003742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320139.00/cwt139.00–139.004451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423134.50/cwt134.00–135.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98650.64/cwt40.00–61.0049915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11958.71/cwt54.00–63.5065714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28067.52/cwt65.00–71.5086410

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.