Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-07-12

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 140▲ 4 vs year ago 82 · +4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 42▲ 6 vs year ago 8 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

After being shut down a week for the 4th, demand looked strong and prices looked a little higher on Feeders and steady on slaughters.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.58/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$149.58
36 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498153.5076514thin
Medium and Large 1537149.7380419thin
Medium and Large 2530130.336913thin
One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $74 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 sale36 hd
149.58
—
MS average7 barns · 679 hd
152.93
−3.35
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—High1,71492.551,5866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35869.759472thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07948.675254thin

Every lot

39 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 1415157.45/cwt156.00–159.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440155.00/cwt155.00–155.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 2470136.00/cwt136.00–136.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473158.00/cwt158.00–158.007475
Steers—Medium and Large 1495152.50/cwt152.00–153.007552
Steers—Medium and Large 1517149.88/cwt144.00–153.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548149.00/cwt149.00–149.008176
Steers—Medium and Large 1576148.96/cwt145.00–152.008587
Steers—Medium and Large 2585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007311
Steers—Medium and Large 1625141.50/cwt140.00–143.008842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378135.98/cwt133.00–139.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380115.00/cwt115.00–115.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431135.29/cwt130.00–139.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476118.17/cwt110.00–124.005625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481131.84/cwt124.00–136.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530133.00/cwt133.00–133.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585120.50/cwt120.00–121.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590116.00/cwt116.00–116.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632120.00/cwt120.00–120.007582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320143.00/cwt143.00–143.004581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355155.00/cwt155.00–155.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385134.00/cwt134.00–134.005161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1442133.65/cwt130.00–136.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495133.00/cwt133.00–133.006581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508131.72/cwt130.00–133.506692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553124.83/cwt124.50–125.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610115.52/cwt113.00–118.007052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51891.49/cwt80.00–100.501,3893
Bulls——1,74080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3921
Bulls——1,995100.43/cwt98.50–103.002,0042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93040.00/cwt40.00–40.003722
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22857.33/cwt54.50–60.007042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23069.50/cwt69.50–69.508551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0401

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.