Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-05-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 119▼ 147 vs year ago 222 · −66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 34▼ 28 vs year ago 48 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder steers and heifers were steady to $6 higher, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to $4 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.83/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$121.83
26 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.35
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468125.0958618thin
Medium and Large 2489114.515608thin
One grade step is worth $10.58/cwt here — about $25 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 sale26 hd
121.83
—
MS average13 barns · 1,616 hd
123.18
−1.35
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—Average1,63894.881,5543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22168.748398thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68567.501,1371thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99757.605745thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2360138.00/cwt138.00–138.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 1373150.94/cwt150.00–152.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 1405146.48/cwt145.00–148.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1479142.00/cwt137.00–151.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 1510133.48/cwt131.00–136.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1640128.00/cwt128.00–128.008191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303141.45/cwt135.00–148.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395125.00/cwt124.00–126.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427127.35/cwt120.00–137.005445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435118.02/cwt116.00–120.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485117.00/cwt114.00–120.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488128.95/cwt126.00–132.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508121.02/cwt116.00–126.006152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570118.50/cwt114.00–127.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590108.00/cwt108.00–108.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625108.00/cwt108.00–108.006751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325145.00/cwt145.00–145.004711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378156.28/cwt150.00–163.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443130.99/cwt130.00–132.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460137.00/cwt137.00–137.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503125.02/cwt121.00–129.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728108.39/cwt102.00–115.007892
Bulls—Medium and Large 290084.00/cwt84.00–84.007561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,63894.88/cwt85.50–100.001,5543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82048.00/cwt48.00–48.003941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04160.00/cwt60.00–60.006254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19665.98/cwt63.00–69.507895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26273.35/cwt70.50–75.009263
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68567.50/cwt67.50–67.501,1371

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.