Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-06-10

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 99▲ 64 vs year ago 65 · +98.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 17▲ 2 vs year ago 34 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 2 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls also sold steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $281.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −124.88 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$281.25
4 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.60
vs MS average
−18.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571286.001,6333thin
Medium and Large 1555267.001,4821thin
One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd
281.25
—
MS average12 barns · 383 hd
277.65
+3.60
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−18.17
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
−124.88
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

10 sales
479429380331median 406.1303/3005/2509/0709/2811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $344.61, median $406.13 across 10 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—Average1,562162.852,5443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210137.831,66814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,005134.002,6871thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average953118.151,1266thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,9192thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,130$2,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,442$2,0263thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,010$1,9632thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2254585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,4861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428323.77/cwt322.50–325.001,3862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468309.99/cwt307.50–312.501,4512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6333
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628250.09/cwt237.50–267.501,5713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7552
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,76970
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210307.50/cwt307.50–307.506461
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225232.50/cwt232.50–232.505231
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265222.50/cwt222.50–222.505901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370293.22/cwt290.00–297.501,0853
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0671
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410287.50/cwt282.50–292.501,1792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3741
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715233.75/cwt232.50–235.001,6712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310262.50/cwt262.50–262.508141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2931
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,562162.85/cwt155.00–170.002,5443
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%953118.15/cwt115.00–123.001,1266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162133.57/cwt127.00–143.001,5529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297145.51/cwt140.00–149.001,8875
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,005134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,6871
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19451,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1302,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6632,264.10/head1,875.00–2,450.002,2642
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,918.58/head1,775.00–2,050.001,9192

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.