Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2021-10-04

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 200▲ 10 vs year ago 93 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 44▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

C0mpared to last weed steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. slaughter cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.17/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$119.17
34 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.53
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439125.785529thin
Medium and Large 1449121.7154618thin
Medium and Large 2516104.125377thin
One grade step is worth $21.66/cwt here — about $15 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 sale34 hd
119.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
123.69
−4.53
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%Average1,30960.647944thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11547.685322thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 1430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 1490140.23/cwt138.00–142.506872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1538125.74/cwt125.00–126.506762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571125.50/cwt125.50–125.507173
Steers—Medium and Large 1617125.00/cwt123.00–128.007713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270118.44/cwt110.00–126.003202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336127.02/cwt125.00–129.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387128.50/cwt128.50–128.504972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428127.00/cwt126.00–129.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2454125.00/cwt125.00–125.005687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.83/cwt122.50–123.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533115.06/cwt110.00–118.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565106.00/cwt106.00–106.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 257598.97/cwt98.00–100.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 264098.00/cwt98.00–98.006273
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310151.00/cwt151.00–151.004681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1384143.22/cwt139.00–146.005504
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416136.68/cwt134.00–139.505695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473129.46/cwt128.00–131.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473115.99/cwt112.00–120.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2489124.76/cwt124.00–125.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512120.64/cwt119.00–123.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11547.68/cwt45.00–50.005322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30960.64/cwt59.50–63.007944
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,365880.00/cwt880.00–880.0012,0121

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.