Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-10-31

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 95▼ 81 vs year ago 141 · −57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 7▲ 12 vs year ago 22 · +54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▼ 40 vs year ago 47 · −85.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders steers and heifers were steady, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.09/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$134.09
26 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527139.0273318thin
Medium and Large 2555127.337076thin
Medium and Large 1-2545120.006541thin
Medium and Large 3500100.005001thin
One grade step is worth $39.01/cwt here — about $233 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 sale26 hd
134.09
—
MS average13 barns · 606 hd
132.01
+2.08
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—Average1,82099.071,8032thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21167.428167thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06454.485805thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,0393thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$7751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,310$6601thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$6201thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,085$6001thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1695150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265120.00/cwt120.00–120.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390107.00/cwt107.00–107.004171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440100.00/cwt100.00–100.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470135.11/cwt125.00–140.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517131.60/cwt125.00–140.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555131.60/cwt120.00–143.007302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745108.00/cwt108.00–108.008051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385161.90/cwt158.00–166.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437139.00/cwt134.00–146.006073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468143.90/cwt130.00–155.006738
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525131.14/cwt120.00–143.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615132.95/cwt130.00–135.008183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2733111.48/cwt110.00–113.008172
Bulls—Medium and Large 191096.00/cwt96.00–96.008741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,82099.07/cwt95.50–104.001,8032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06454.48/cwt48.00–60.005805
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18265.99/cwt60.00–75.007806
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0531
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,038.65/head930.00–1,095.001,0393
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,165620.00/head620.00–620.006201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310660.00/head660.00–660.006601
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,085600.00/head600.00–600.006001

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.