Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2023-09-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 140▲ 7 vs year ago 178 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 27▲ 2 vs year ago 39 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 11.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Quality was mostly attractive 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 $230.98/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$230.98
88 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473235.441,11226
Medium and Large 1-2489232.491,13652
Medium and Large 2437215.059399thin
Medium and Large 3540180.009721thin
One grade step is worth $55.44/cwt here — about $140 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 sale88 hd
230.98
—
MS average13 barns · 1,476 hd
224.00
+6.99
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—Average1,640119.951,9685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199100.841,20915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56594.001,4711thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01486.2887511

Every lot

61 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2240259.84/cwt252.50–267.506242
Steers—Medium and Large 1268278.28/cwt272.50–282.507463
Steers—Medium and Large 1315281.53/cwt270.00–287.508875
Steers—Medium and Large 2320249.38/cwt240.00–260.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1362281.36/cwt275.00–300.001,0197
Steers—Medium and Large 2370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 2420237.50/cwt237.50–237.509981
Steers—Medium and Large 1433274.05/cwt262.50–286.001,1872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2216
Steers—Medium and Large 2455227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1465265.04/cwt255.00–275.001,2323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2874
Steers—Medium and Large 2518232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,2042
Steers—Medium and Large 1543256.27/cwt242.50–262.501,3924
Steers—Medium and Large 2580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3201
Steers—Medium and Large 1585240.00/cwt237.50–242.501,4042
Steers—Medium and Large 1617242.48/cwt240.00–245.001,4963
Steers—Medium and Large 1680231.39/cwt225.00–237.501,5732
Steers—Medium and Large 1863223.01/cwt221.00–225.001,9252
Steers—Medium and Large 1955190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2261217.50/cwt217.50–217.505684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295215.00/cwt215.00–215.006341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330240.98/cwt240.00–242.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378247.68/cwt237.50–252.509363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380240.00/cwt240.00–240.009128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385222.50/cwt222.50–222.508571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423241.65/cwt235.00–250.001,0226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425217.62/cwt215.00–225.009254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474230.38/cwt225.00–235.001,09211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476231.23/cwt227.50–235.001,1016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510192.50/cwt192.50–192.509821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517228.09/cwt220.00–237.501,1793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532231.30/cwt213.00–237.001,2318
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572237.49/cwt235.00–240.001,3583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added595237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610220.82/cwt217.50–225.001,3473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285235.00/cwt235.00–235.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305235.00/cwt235.00–235.007171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345282.50/cwt282.50–282.509751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380261.20/cwt260.00–262.509932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418257.08/cwt247.50–267.501,0752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567236.86/cwt235.00–237.501,3434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,623113.54/cwt110.00–117.001,8432
Bulls——1,652124.23/cwt123.00–125.002,0523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89376.04/cwt75.00–77.006792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04188.55/cwt80.00–94.009229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163109.47/cwt109.00–110.001,2732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20599.51/cwt94.00–107.001,19913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4711

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.