Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 3
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 112▼ 33 vs year ago 132 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 80▼ 5 vs year ago 22 · −22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −122.78 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$246.20
5 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.78
vs MS average
−26.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531249.001,3224thin
Medium and Large 2565235.001,3281thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about −$6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
246.20
—
MS average13 barns · 371 hd
255.98
−9.78
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−26.83
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−122.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
430389347306median 368.9804/0607/0608/3109/2810/05
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.76, low $319.98, median $368.98 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,395140.071,9543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220143.261,7489thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average998120.441,2022thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370240.00/cwt240.00–240.008881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521298.22/cwt280.00–312.501,5544
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583277.87/cwt270.00–287.501,6204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255290.00/cwt290.00–290.007401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340282.50/cwt282.50–282.509612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1295
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375258.42/cwt252.50–262.509693
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376265.00/cwt265.00–265.009963
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415287.11/cwt282.50–290.001,1925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425287.56/cwt282.50–292.501,2222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472262.36/cwt252.50–267.501,2383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483261.31/cwt250.00–272.501,2622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3281
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260342.50/cwt342.50–342.508911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310332.42/cwt330.00–335.001,0312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358333.40/cwt322.50–345.001,1943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423315.65/cwt302.50–327.501,3353
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469270.45/cwt262.50–280.001,2684
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470292.31/cwt280.00–312.501,3745
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519268.82/cwt257.50–285.001,3957
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568237.42/cwt235.00–240.001,3492
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,395140.07/cwt128.00–148.001,9543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998120.44/cwt120.00–121.001,2022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220143.26/cwt137.00–149.001,7489

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.