Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 19
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 131▲ 92 vs year ago 61 · +150.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 26▼ 5 vs year ago 35 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady but were not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly plain 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 $256.70/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$256.70
57 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,163
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.99
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430268.881,15721
Medium and Large 1-2538255.871,37715thin
Medium and Large 2420249.591,04818thin
Medium and Large 3387218.338443thin
One grade step is worth $50.54/cwt here — about $313 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 sale57 hd
256.70
—
MS average13 barns · 1,676 hd
261.69
−4.99
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—Average1,655135.292,2395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,071106.931,1455thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98788.2787111

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$1,1442thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1250345.00/cwt345.00–345.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1315362.74/cwt355.00–370.001,1432
Steers—Medium and Large 1375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1631
Steers—Medium and Large 2380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0831
Steers—Medium and Large 1425307.85/cwt297.50–317.501,3082
Steers—Medium and Large 2425266.16/cwt252.00–280.001,1312
Steers—Medium and Large 1465313.05/cwt297.50–330.001,4563
Steers—Medium and Large 2483268.74/cwt267.50–270.001,2982
Steers—Medium and Large 3495215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0641
Steers—Medium and Large 2520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Steers—Medium and Large 1527306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,6132
Steers—Medium and Large 2590250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4751
Steers—Medium and Large 2615223.75/cwt220.00–227.501,3762
Steers—Medium and Large 1640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6961
Steers—Medium and Large 2670210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4071
Steers—Medium and Large 2710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Steers—Medium and Large 1725225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6311
Steers—Medium and Large 2820212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215260.00/cwt260.00–260.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250272.50/cwt272.50–272.506811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255280.00/cwt280.00–280.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310225.00/cwt225.00–225.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333285.92/cwt277.50–295.009522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358257.78/cwt235.00–270.009233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383278.73/cwt277.50–280.001,0682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390222.50/cwt222.50–222.508681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418276.18/cwt269.00–287.501,1548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428261.13/cwt257.50–267.001,1184
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460207.50/cwt207.50–207.509551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470258.80/cwt255.00–262.501,2164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474241.28/cwt232.50–247.501,1448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513250.00/cwt247.50–252.501,2833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568251.82/cwt250.00–255.001,4308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3285237.50/cwt237.50–237.506771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,0731
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315252.50/cwt252.50–252.507951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320270.00/cwt270.00–270.008641
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355210.00/cwt210.00–210.007461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390293.48/cwt272.50–315.001,1452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422270.04/cwt262.50–275.001,1403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476245.54/cwt240.00–252.501,1696
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524232.47/cwt220.00–252.501,2185
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525199.18/cwt187.50–210.001,0462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533259.99/cwt255.00–262.501,3863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623234.99/cwt232.50–237.501,4642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2705217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
Bulls—Medium and Large 3810167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,655135.29/cwt125.00–138.002,2395
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90074.00/cwt74.00–74.006661
Cows—Lean 85-90%99689.70/cwt80.00–97.0089310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,071106.93/cwt99.00–112.501,1455
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29301,143.66/head1,020.00–1,250.001,1442

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.