Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 65▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 19▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 28▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mixed, from 4 lower to 6 higher, slaughters 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 $132.75/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$132.75
23 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437137.7160113thin
Medium and Large 1-2411135.805585thin
Medium and Large 2307116.823595thin
One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $243 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 sale23 hd
132.75
—
MS average13 barns · 1,097 hd
145.08
−12.33
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%Average1,18576.009012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94562.255882thin

Every lot

34 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 1320181.33/cwt176.00–184.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 1370176.14/cwt172.50–182.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 2390167.00/cwt167.00–167.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1410179.02/cwt178.00–180.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436183.00/cwt183.00–183.007984
Steers—Medium and Large 1488175.02/cwt174.00–176.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1528168.52/cwt168.00–169.008902
Steers—Medium and Large 1568163.40/cwt159.00–168.009282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2243115.05/cwt110.00–120.002802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275146.00/cwt146.00–146.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373143.50/cwt143.00–144.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375143.00/cwt143.00–143.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382117.00/cwt117.00–117.004472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433138.30/cwt130.00–144.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460138.49/cwt138.00–139.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530131.03/cwt128.00–134.006942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280162.50/cwt162.50–162.504552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345174.00/cwt174.00–174.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365157.50/cwt157.50–157.505751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468147.02/cwt146.00–148.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518143.49/cwt143.00–144.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550133.00/cwt133.00–133.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93064.50/cwt64.50–64.506001
Cows—Lean 85-90%96060.00/cwt60.00–60.005761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02572.00/cwt72.00–72.007381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0761
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2780830.96/cwt800.00–860.006,4812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,2001

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.