Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-04-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 80▼ 3 vs year ago 107 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 9▼ 5 vs year ago 26 · −19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compred to last week steers and heifers sold higher 5-15, slaughter cows steady to 4 higher slaughter bulls sold up 10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.03/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$203.03
37 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485210.211,01918thin
Medium and Large 2429200.1585910thin
Medium and Large 1-2513191.889859thin
One grade step is worth $18.33/cwt here — about $34 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 sale37 hd
203.03
—
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
197.98
+5.05
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—Average1,542122.461,8886thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,090100.671,0974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01987.008876thin

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)865$1,1101thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230263.00/cwt263.00–263.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1270260.00/cwt260.00–260.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1316278.53/cwt278.00–280.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 1363268.90/cwt264.00–274.009762
Steers—Medium and Large 1433256.58/cwt249.00–262.001,1113
Steers—Medium and Large 1480249.06/cwt237.00–263.001,1953
Steers—Medium and Large 1513239.63/cwt225.00–252.001,2294
Steers—Medium and Large 1558229.87/cwt220.00–240.001,2832
Steers—Medium and Large 1600224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235210.00/cwt210.00–210.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260230.00/cwt230.00–230.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265205.00/cwt205.00–205.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300232.00/cwt232.00–232.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340226.46/cwt224.00–229.007702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373227.76/cwt219.00–238.008504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378207.65/cwt200.00–215.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385220.00/cwt220.00–220.008473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415212.00/cwt212.00–212.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465207.00/cwt207.00–207.009631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483209.08/cwt204.00–214.001,0102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553192.61/cwt184.00–210.001,0653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630175.65/cwt173.00–177.001,1073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2750143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240225.00/cwt225.00–225.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265260.00/cwt260.00–260.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265260.00/cwt260.00–260.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312267.89/cwt259.00–276.008363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315225.00/cwt225.00–225.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380262.09/cwt255.00–268.009963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413250.71/cwt224.00–276.001,0356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473230.77/cwt222.00–243.001,0926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518217.03/cwt210.00–224.001,1242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623184.51/cwt184.00–185.001,1492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,365106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4471
Bulls——1,383115.89/cwt113.00–119.001,6032
Bulls——1,707132.33/cwt131.00–134.002,2593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01987.00/cwt85.00–89.508876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090100.67/cwt97.00–103.001,0974
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070110.04/cwt104.00–116.001,1773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1101

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.