Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 30▲ 88 vs year ago 19 · +463.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 15▲ 19 vs year ago 7 · +271.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough comparable data to call an accurate trend on feeder calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.33/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$133.33
39 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.81
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2422147.1662116thin
Medium and Large 2416133.005536thin
Medium and Large 1528130.676903thin
Medium and Large 3388118.2345914thin
One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $162 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 sale39 hd
133.33
—
MS average13 barns · 808 hd
141.14
−7.81
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—Average1,17591.001,0691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average96975.937364thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93655.7452213

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2335160.15/cwt150.00–165.005373
Steers—Medium and Large 3355146.00/cwt146.00–146.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411174.00/cwt174.00–174.0071510
Steers—Medium and Large 3421130.15/cwt114.00–138.005484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508163.00/cwt163.00–163.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 3510110.94/cwt105.00–113.005664
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280117.34/cwt103.00–129.003293
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313125.68/cwt123.00–129.003933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326137.00/cwt137.00–137.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330138.00/cwt138.00–138.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375129.00/cwt129.00–129.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378136.51/cwt135.00–138.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444149.50/cwt149.50–149.5066413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460112.93/cwt110.00–116.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523109.09/cwt105.00–117.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625124.50/cwt124.50–124.507782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225144.03/cwt137.50–150.003242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3300132.50/cwt132.50–132.503981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,17591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0691
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86045.07/cwt40.00–50.003883
Cows—Lean 85-90%95958.94/cwt51.00–67.0056510
Cows—Boner 80-85%96975.93/cwt69.00–84.507364

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.