Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-06-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 24
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 197▲ 32 vs year ago 97 · +33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 99▼ 7 vs year ago 25 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder steers. Feeder heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 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 $253.30/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −115.68 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$253.30
6 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs MS average
−15.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556258.701,4374thin
Medium and Large 2515242.501,2492thin
One grade step is worth $16.19/cwt here — about $188 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 sale6 hd
253.30
—
MS average11 barns · 231 hd
250.30
+3.00
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−15.98
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−115.68
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—Average1,472160.652,3655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160146.881,70312
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,054104.841,1044thin

Every lot

39 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2161
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372329.54/cwt312.50–347.501,2263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5191
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230329.00/cwt329.00–329.007571
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265277.50/cwt277.50–277.507351
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1303315.99/cwt315.00–317.009572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315252.00/cwt252.00–252.007941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362281.04/cwt262.50–287.501,0175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377309.26/cwt300.00–317.501,1663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383297.65/cwt290.00–307.501,14011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417274.05/cwt270.00–282.501,1436
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2037
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429258.04/cwt250.00–267.501,1075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1961
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490243.50/cwt242.00–245.001,1932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515242.50/cwt235.00–250.001,2492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528262.36/cwt252.50–272.501,3852
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583255.03/cwt252.50–257.501,4872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255377.50/cwt377.50–377.509631
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315335.67/cwt332.50–337.501,0573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2166
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1387313.36/cwt302.50–320.001,2133
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427308.88/cwt297.50–317.501,3196
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2439302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3288
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458288.31/cwt285.00–290.001,3203
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2501272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3658
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562268.49/cwt260.00–277.501,5093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9091
Bulls——1,518163.81/cwt153.00–170.002,4874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87564.00/cwt64.00–64.005601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,083152.77/cwt145.00–156.001,6546
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113118.45/cwt111.00–125.001,3183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236140.98/cwt135.00–147.001,7436

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.