Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 163▲ 28 vs year ago 78 · +35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 16▼ 2 vs year ago 2 · −100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.56/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$148.56
25 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527157.5383013thin
Medium and Large 1628152.039544thin
Medium and Large 2444132.265878thin
One grade step is worth $25.28/cwt here — about $243 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 sale25 hd
148.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,008 hd
170.94
−22.37
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—Average1,62893.691,5263thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05969.447354thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90451.924693thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
Steers—Medium and Large 2375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2402156.00/cwt156.00–156.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 2451122.50/cwt120.00–130.005524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496154.00/cwt154.00–154.007644
Steers—Medium and Large 1505158.00/cwt158.00–158.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 2525122.02/cwt120.00–124.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1560146.00/cwt146.00–146.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580159.99/cwt149.00–168.009287
Steers—Medium and Large 1723152.06/cwt150.00–154.001,0992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2120120.00/cwt120.00–120.001441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315129.03/cwt120.00–135.004064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327144.60/cwt138.00–154.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390125.99/cwt125.00–127.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413151.32/cwt148.00–157.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468151.93/cwt150.00–154.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545135.00/cwt135.00–135.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.00/cwt138.00–138.007871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2707114.00/cwt114.00–114.008062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285143.63/cwt125.00–161.004092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318127.85/cwt112.00–145.004072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320170.94/cwt170.00–172.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380148.05/cwt146.00–150.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420151.39/cwt140.00–160.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440175.00/cwt175.00–175.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530153.04/cwt150.00–156.008113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2542125.69/cwt121.00–134.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2750123.00/cwt123.00–123.009231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18583.00/cwt83.00–83.009841
Bulls——1,85099.03/cwt98.00–100.001,8322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89857.88/cwt50.00–64.505202
Cows—Lean 85-90%91540.00/cwt40.00–40.003661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05969.44/cwt65.00–73.007354

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.