Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-07-26

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 26
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 31▲ 50 vs year ago 96 · +52.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends called last week due to a light run, calves appeared to be steady to a little higher in all classes, Slaughter cattle were to light tested today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.09/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$127.09
49 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.32
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451134.8360816thin
Medium and Large 1490130.4363919thin
Medium and Large 2454115.8152611thin
Medium and Large 3417106.004423thin
One grade step is worth $28.83/cwt here — about $166 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 sale49 hd
127.09
—
MS average13 barns · 957 hd
134.41
−7.32
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%Average98864.546382thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02452.585383thin

Every lot

50 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 1263179.96/cwt176.00–184.004732
Steers—Medium and Large 1310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341170.00/cwt170.00–170.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374156.92/cwt150.00–167.005877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412168.00/cwt168.00–168.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1420163.00/cwt163.00–163.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528163.00/cwt163.00–163.008617
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3295109.00/cwt109.00–109.003221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315136.00/cwt130.00–139.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335122.46/cwt120.00–125.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353128.50/cwt128.00–129.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363119.49/cwt119.00–120.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395134.00/cwt134.00–134.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410105.00/cwt105.00–105.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415141.00/cwt141.00–141.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459135.88/cwt130.00–139.006246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470134.21/cwt128.00–143.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478110.33/cwt110.00–111.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512134.35/cwt132.00–138.006883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513131.00/cwt131.00–131.006724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543110.53/cwt105.00–116.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545104.00/cwt104.00–104.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575128.00/cwt128.00–128.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655117.50/cwt116.00–119.007702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760125.00/cwt125.00–125.009501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3228135.10/cwt132.00–138.003082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275159.00/cwt159.00–159.004371
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320126.00/cwt126.00–126.004031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343150.12/cwt140.00–155.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371129.99/cwt120.00–136.004825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380141.36/cwt140.00–143.005373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434142.99/cwt140.00–147.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477126.34/cwt126.00–127.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532121.30/cwt120.00–124.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538127.02/cwt123.00–135.006834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590124.25/cwt124.00–124.507332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627121.70/cwt120.00–123.007633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89540.00/cwt40.00–40.003581
Cows—Boner 80-85%98864.54/cwt62.00–66.506382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08858.87/cwt55.50–61.506412

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.