Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 27▲ 66 vs year ago 53 · +124.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 15▲ 32 vs year ago 2 · +1,600.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 1 vs year ago 2 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there wasn't enough data to compare to from last week, but the feeders look a little higher slaughter cows were higher 2-4

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.91/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$115.91
52 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$510
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2387122.934767thin
Medium and Large 1468121.2756715thin
Medium and Large 2439111.6049030
One grade step is worth $11.33/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale52 hd
115.91
—
MS average13 barns · 1,127 hd
123.42
−7.51
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—Average1,46084.141,2282thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56072.181,1264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22168.1083213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01249.695038thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 2300129.00/cwt129.00–129.003871
Steers—Medium and Large 1336151.80/cwt144.00–154.505104
Steers—Medium and Large 1385148.99/cwt148.00–150.005742
Steers—Medium and Large 1421143.05/cwt141.00–143.506027
Steers—Medium and Large 1455143.00/cwt143.00–143.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 2645103.00/cwt103.00–103.006641
Steers—Medium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265113.40/cwt110.00–120.003013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340118.98/cwt118.50–120.004053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362113.33/cwt113.00–114.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377125.50/cwt125.50–125.504734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400119.50/cwt119.50–119.504783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419123.03/cwt121.00–128.505156
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431115.08/cwt103.00–118.0049610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463125.17/cwt120.00–128.505803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473107.38/cwt100.00–115.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518118.08/cwt115.00–123.506124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518107.75/cwt106.00–110.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565102.52/cwt100.00–105.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 262592.50/cwt92.50–92.505781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655103.00/cwt103.00–103.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328148.26/cwt146.00–150.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2392128.00/cwt128.00–128.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420136.00/cwt136.00–136.005711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470136.40/cwt132.00–141.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558119.67/cwt119.00–120.006683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46084.14/cwt80.50–87.501,2282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81845.97/cwt45.00–47.003762
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07347.32/cwt46.50–48.005082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07852.73/cwt50.50–55.505684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09461.98/cwt60.00–63.506784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24568.72/cwt66.50–71.508566
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34275.04/cwt73.50–77.001,0073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46067.50/cwt67.50–67.509861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59373.74/cwt73.25–74.501,1753
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2885920.00/cwt920.00–920.008,1421

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.