Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-09-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 30
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 155▼ 72 vs year ago 266 · −27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 55▲ 12 vs year ago 36 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold uneven from 8.00 lower to 15.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 7.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $218.83/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −150.15 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$218.83
19 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,189
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$45.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.39
vs MS average
−27.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536230.791,2377thin
Medium and Large 1553225.451,2465thin
Medium and Large 2545208.991,1395thin
Medium and Large 3540185.009992thin
One grade step is worth $45.79/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale19 hd
218.83
—
MS average13 barns · 324 hd
224.22
−5.39
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−27.95
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−150.15
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—High1,621145.862,3646thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,135113.271,28513
CowsLean 85-90%Average96299.1195319

Every lot

61 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328320.92/cwt315.00–327.501,0532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428263.49/cwt257.50–270.001,1282
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438278.91/cwt267.00–287.501,2227
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460260.01/cwt247.50–275.001,1964
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2983
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567250.81/cwt242.50–255.001,4223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587250.97/cwt235.00–267.501,4734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675253.83/cwt250.00–257.501,7132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275215.00/cwt215.00–215.005911
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283258.69/cwt252.50–265.007322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315215.08/cwt210.00–220.006782
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335262.46/cwt250.00–272.508794
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337235.96/cwt228.00–242.507953
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374251.12/cwt242.50–258.009398
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380234.81/cwt230.00–240.008925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419246.75/cwt242.50–252.501,0346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425228.55/cwt210.00–237.509715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430200.00/cwt187.50–212.508603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470195.00/cwt195.00–195.009171
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477234.92/cwt230.00–242.501,1215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480214.96/cwt211.00–219.001,0322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520185.00/cwt185.00–185.009621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523209.14/cwt207.50–212.501,0943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530226.27/cwt225.00–227.501,1992
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536230.79/cwt224.00–240.001,2377
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568224.90/cwt217.50–230.001,2773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578208.77/cwt205.00–212.501,2072
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225322.50/cwt322.50–322.507262
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280316.25/cwt300.00–332.508862
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280267.50/cwt267.50–267.507491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335258.25/cwt252.50–262.508653
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,0121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377299.86/cwt295.00–307.501,1303
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390250.00/cwt240.00–260.009752
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420272.23/cwt265.00–280.001,1432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0731
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440212.50/cwt212.50–212.509351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472252.85/cwt242.50–264.001,1935
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478237.48/cwt235.00–240.001,1353
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478211.11/cwt207.50–215.001,0092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3516197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562228.35/cwt225.00–232.501,2833
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678212.45/cwt210.00–217.501,4403
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725217.66/cwt210.00–225.001,5782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,544150.29/cwt144.00–153.002,3204
Bulls——1,765155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,7361
Bulls——1,785119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,1241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933108.98/cwt105.00–115.001,0176
Cows—Lean 85-90%969100.78/cwt95.00–104.009777
Cows—Lean 85-90%98387.29/cwt83.00–93.008586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073105.78/cwt105.00–107.001,1355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173117.95/cwt113.00–122.001,3848

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.