Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-08-16

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 124▲ 93 vs year ago 45 · +206.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 15▲ 34 vs year ago 6 · +566.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 34▲ 11 vs year ago 5 · +220.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady to 3lower, heifers were steady; Slaughter cows were steady to 4 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.84/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$124.84
36 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.96
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1385138.005311thin
Medium and Large 1420134.0356316thin
Medium and Large 2438117.2051318thin
Medium and Large 3590102.006021thin
One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about −$71 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
124.84
—
MS average13 barns · 1,248 hd
129.80
−4.96
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%Average1,15462.6572311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60357.579233thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08056.9661518

Every lot

44 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290162.00/cwt162.00–162.004701
Steers—Medium and Large 1340156.50/cwt155.00–158.005322
Steers—Medium and Large 2373133.72/cwt120.00–148.004992
Steers—Medium and Large 1390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1407154.02/cwt149.00–158.006275
Steers—Medium and Large 2463134.48/cwt131.00–138.006232
Steers—Medium and Large 1467154.75/cwt150.00–158.007235
Steers—Medium and Large 2503127.46/cwt120.00–135.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1507141.66/cwt141.00–143.007183
Steers—Medium and Large 1565132.05/cwt130.00–134.007462
Steers—Medium and Large 1624138.16/cwt132.00–145.008627
Steers—Medium and Large 1670133.00/cwt133.00–133.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1760134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240127.00/cwt127.00–127.003051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343122.29/cwt116.00–131.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369135.81/cwt130.00–139.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377121.62/cwt120.00–124.004593
Heifers—Medium 1385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423114.91/cwt110.00–120.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427130.31/cwt128.00–133.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460134.10/cwt130.00–136.506177
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475113.04/cwt110.00–119.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570113.45/cwt112.00–115.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590102.00/cwt102.00–102.006021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2302138.31/cwt135.00–145.004183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1329154.95/cwt149.00–159.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425140.17/cwt136.50–144.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467132.56/cwt124.00–139.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490119.75/cwt119.50–120.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523129.56/cwt128.00–131.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580125.49/cwt124.00–127.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08056.96/cwt50.00–60.0061518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15462.65/cwt60.00–65.5072311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60357.57/cwt55.00–60.009233
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0013,2721
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1481,216.00/cwt1,065.00–1,250.0013,9605
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,170935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,9401
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2081,338.82/cwt1,295.00–1,380.0016,1732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2951,251.12/cwt1,000.00–1,400.0016,2025

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.