Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-07-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 152▲ 56 vs year ago 84 · +66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 33▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold steady to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady, and feeder bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.88/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$199.88
50 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,009
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$338
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545208.791,13725
Medium and Large 1-2445204.009083thin
Medium and Large 2480196.6094513thin
Medium and Large 3448178.487999thin
One grade step is worth $30.32/cwt here — about $338 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 sale50 hd
199.88
—
MS average13 barns · 1,067 hd
218.96
−19.09
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—Average1,483123.001,8232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,211104.081,2615thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04590.009411thin

Every lot

57 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 1270260.91/cwt250.00–265.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 1335266.54/cwt260.00–272.508933
Steers—Medium and Large 1380266.96/cwt261.00–274.001,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 2390220.00/cwt220.00–220.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 1437256.17/cwt253.00–258.001,1193
Steers—Medium and Large 1503232.98/cwt230.00–239.001,1723
Steers—Medium and Large 1635219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3911
Steers—Medium and Large 1665231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5361
Steers—Medium and Large 1700217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5191
Steers—Medium and Large 1873209.49/cwt209.00–210.001,8292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3220185.00/cwt185.00–185.004071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225200.00/cwt200.00–200.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 3290190.00/cwt190.00–190.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2307210.16/cwt200.00–220.006453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335236.00/cwt236.00–236.007911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375225.04/cwt222.50–227.508443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390212.50/cwt212.50–212.508291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410230.44/cwt227.50–236.009453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445204.00/cwt204.00–204.009083
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469177.87/cwt162.50–187.508344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478217.59/cwt212.50–225.001,0405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480205.62/cwt202.50–207.509873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0371
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525177.40/cwt175.00–180.009312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535202.79/cwt200.00–205.001,0854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590200.82/cwt197.50–202.501,1853
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595165.00/cwt165.00–165.009821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658198.18/cwt192.50–204.001,3042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690175.50/cwt171.00–180.001,2112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857178.15/cwt176.00–182.501,5273
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245255.00/cwt255.00–255.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278259.57/cwt250.00–265.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285225.00/cwt225.00–225.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328260.34/cwt258.00–262.508542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330215.68/cwt200.00–230.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371255.36/cwt245.00–272.509474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385228.00/cwt228.00–228.008781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425219.91/cwt212.50–227.509352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1461229.13/cwt218.00–240.001,0565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468204.30/cwt201.00–207.509562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515211.55/cwt207.50–220.001,0893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517196.01/cwt188.00–200.001,0133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569215.95/cwt205.00–227.501,2295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680204.93/cwt195.00–215.001,3942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2780178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,295130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6841
Bulls——1,670116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04590.00/cwt90.00–90.009411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09298.71/cwt92.00–103.001,0783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390112.13/cwt110.00–114.001,5592

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.