Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 8
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 27▼ 27 vs year ago 156 · −17.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 46▼ 20 vs year ago 65 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There will be no trend due to being off for 2 weeks. 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 $208.61/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$208.61
47 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$46.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.60
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2458224.821,02911thin
Medium and Large 1474214.881,01816thin
Medium and Large 2394205.3980912thin
Medium and Large 3433178.647748thin
One grade step is worth $46.18/cwt here — about $255 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 sale47 hd
208.61
—
MS average6 barns · 427 hd
227.22
−18.60
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—Average1,493111.501,6642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12288.5999412
CowsLean 85-90%Average96971.8469615

Every lot

53 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315274.64/cwt267.50–282.508652
Steers—Medium and Large 1355283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0051
Steers—Medium and Large 2385227.50/cwt227.50–227.508761
Steers—Medium and Large 1418271.18/cwt261.00–281.001,1342
Steers—Medium and Large 2423220.95/cwt220.00–222.009352
Steers—Medium and Large 1460245.51/cwt245.00–246.001,1292
Steers—Medium and Large 2465222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1443
Steers—Medium and Large 3510186.21/cwt182.50–190.009502
Steers—Medium and Large 1515246.17/cwt239.00–255.001,2683
Steers—Medium and Large 2522212.88/cwt210.00–225.001,1116
Steers—Medium and Large 1573237.55/cwt232.50–248.001,3613
Steers—Medium and Large 2615190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230167.50/cwt167.50–167.503851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278198.91/cwt190.00–210.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325217.00/cwt217.00–217.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383231.94/cwt229.00–235.008882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390204.86/cwt201.00–211.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422189.37/cwt180.00–195.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425227.50/cwt227.50–227.509671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429213.58/cwt207.50–217.509164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0379
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458171.84/cwt150.00–185.007873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460215.00/cwt215.00–215.009892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468214.80/cwt207.50–219.001,0055
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490203.00/cwt203.00–203.009951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518207.78/cwt200.00–213.001,0766
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1250257.50/cwt257.50–257.506441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265230.00/cwt230.00–230.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308288.78/cwt287.50–290.008892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360249.00/cwt249.00–249.008961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377267.34/cwt257.50–281.001,0083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3393190.16/cwt165.00–215.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420214.09/cwt202.00–230.008995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425251.20/cwt243.00–260.001,0682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435182.00/cwt181.00–183.007922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465231.66/cwt227.50–236.001,0772
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475182.50/cwt182.50–182.508671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675173.01/cwt172.00–174.001,1682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3695170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,5281
Bulls——1,570115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96473.50/cwt65.00–80.0070913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00061.05/cwt60.00–62.006112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10787.11/cwt81.50–94.5096410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19895.98/cwt95.50–96.501,1502

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.