Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 157▲ 14 vs year ago 103 · +13.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 18▲ 24 vs year ago 10 · +240.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last steers and heifers sold lower 4-10, Slaughter cows and bulls sold lower 2-5. Several really nice groups of weaned and vaccinated heifers sold really well, Listed as M&L 1-2's.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.48/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$156.48
63 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$48.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.45
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2432163.5270650
Medium and Large 1526133.8070410thin
Medium and Large 2383114.674403thin
One grade step is worth $48.85/cwt here — about $267 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 sale63 hd
156.48
—
MS average13 barns · 1,453 hd
139.03
+17.45
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—Average1,36990.661,2415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33575.411,0073thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03860.126249thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395178.00/cwt178.00–178.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 1417167.57/cwt163.00–171.006995
Steers—Medium and Large 1485167.02/cwt166.00–168.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 2535118.00/cwt118.00–118.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1580165.00/cwt165.00–165.009571
Steers—Medium and Large 2595142.00/cwt142.00–142.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1680158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315154.00/cwt154.00–154.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336173.00/cwt173.00–173.0058114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340124.00/cwt124.00–124.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430165.23/cwt158.00–165.5071026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475130.92/cwt127.00–135.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513153.00/cwt153.00–153.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578137.15/cwt132.00–142.007932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700123.00/cwt123.00–123.008611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280133.00/cwt133.00–133.003721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320179.00/cwt179.00–179.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433167.61/cwt165.00–171.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475145.39/cwt142.00–149.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625143.00/cwt143.00–143.008941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635123.00/cwt123.00–123.007811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35565.00/cwt65.00–65.008811
Bulls——1,37297.08/cwt95.00–98.001,3324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03860.12/cwt50.00–64.006249
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33575.41/cwt72.00–80.001,0073

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.