Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 115▲ 34 vs year ago 31 · +109.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 21▲ 3 vs year ago 5 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 5 vs year ago 1 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were steady to 6 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were lower 4-10

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.17/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$141.17
23 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479142.5568320
Medium and Large 2289131.973813thin
One grade step is worth $10.58/cwt here — about $302 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
141.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
138.61
+2.56
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—Average1,57071.001,1151thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16868.317983thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95859.485702thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,368$9692thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$9582thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$5701thin

Every lot

32 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 1360177.00/cwt177.00–177.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 2390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 1478165.01/cwt164.00–166.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 2480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1515164.49/cwt164.00–165.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 2660136.00/cwt136.00–136.008981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2253142.96/cwt139.00–147.003622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376145.85/cwt140.00–149.005485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408145.99/cwt144.00–148.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470148.17/cwt144.00–152.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521140.64/cwt132.00–144.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562137.65/cwt134.00–144.007743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610136.00/cwt136.00–136.008301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385169.00/cwt169.00–169.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410170.29/cwt168.00–174.006983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434143.81/cwt136.00–154.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461132.23/cwt120.00–156.006103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473160.51/cwt158.00–163.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518149.55/cwt143.00–154.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555143.00/cwt143.00–143.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775111.00/cwt111.00–111.008601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2813116.34/cwt112.00–120.009463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95859.48/cwt58.00–61.005702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16868.31/cwt66.00–71.007983
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085570.00/head570.00–570.005701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,270957.80/head860.00–1,040.009582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,368968.88/head800.00–1,110.009692

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.