Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-10-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 153▲ 21 vs year ago 74 · +28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 37▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 1-8 higher, slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.49/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$171.49
30 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$65.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.90
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516174.2589924
Medium and Large 1449170.747675thin
Medium and Large 2615109.006701thin
One grade step is worth $65.25/cwt here — about $229 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 sale30 hd
171.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,008 hd
159.59
+11.90
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—Average1,55579.001,2281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13068.007681thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99747.294714thin

Every lot

35 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 1-2Value Added400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006803
Steers—Medium and Large 1413174.36/cwt170.00–179.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450179.00/cwt179.00–179.008066
Steers—Medium and Large 1455168.00/cwt163.00–173.007642
Steers—Medium and Large 1510169.00/cwt169.00–169.008621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525178.00/cwt178.00–178.0093511
Steers—Medium and Large 2615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0854
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333116.34/cwt114.00–120.003873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350129.00/cwt129.00–129.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407131.46/cwt125.00–139.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438146.50/cwt146.50–146.506425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463131.36/cwt124.00–136.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535136.00/cwt136.00–136.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578129.49/cwt129.00–130.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218164.39/cwt155.00–174.003583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310167.05/cwt164.00–170.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363141.67/cwt135.00–150.005143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385154.00/cwt154.00–154.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423158.90/cwt150.00–163.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480144.24/cwt135.00–152.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528139.06/cwt132.00–143.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568117.98/cwt117.00–119.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575137.49/cwt136.00–139.007912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600133.00/cwt130.00–136.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85538.96/cwt38.00–40.003332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13068.00/cwt68.00–68.007681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13855.62/cwt52.00–59.006332

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.