Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-10-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 28
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 225▲ 113 vs year ago 26 · +434.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 12▼ 12 vs year ago 28 · −42.9%
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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 uneven from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.51/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −60.34 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$247.51
11 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513254.381,3058thin
Medium and Large 2583229.191,3363thin
One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about −$31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd
247.51
—
MS average13 barns · 185 hd
238.87
+8.64
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
−60.34
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

3 sales
349330312293median 307.8508/1008/1009/2810/0510/05
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $334.94, low $307.18, median $307.85 across 3 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—Average1,597159.052,5394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,069122.211,30610
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00595.009551thin

Every lot

55 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 2255267.50/cwt267.50–267.506821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1471
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378272.18/cwt262.50–281.001,0292
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508281.27/cwt277.50–285.001,4292
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7331
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9593
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,1821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295222.50/cwt222.50–222.506561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333242.34/cwt232.00–250.008073
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333225.06/cwt217.50–232.507492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345267.50/cwt267.50–267.509231
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373248.63/cwt237.50–255.009275
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380264.98/cwt260.00–270.001,0074
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413256.29/cwt250.00–262.501,0582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416240.13/cwt230.00–245.009994
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0121
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460215.00/cwt215.00–215.009891
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517231.16/cwt230.00–232.501,1953
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568222.28/cwt220.00–224.001,2635
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2243292.42/cwt285.00–300.007112
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285336.78/cwt325.00–352.509603
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3295245.00/cwt245.00–245.007231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0971
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355324.03/cwt312.50–342.501,1503
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420243.74/cwt242.50–245.001,0242
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423296.76/cwt272.50–322.501,2552
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432262.48/cwt260.00–265.001,1343
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455267.51/cwt262.50–270.001,2174
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1491
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475217.45/cwt212.50–222.501,0332
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513254.38/cwt245.00–262.501,3058
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583229.19/cwt225.00–235.001,3363
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625231.61/cwt227.50–235.001,4483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679225.79/cwt215.00–232.501,5336
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5411
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,2271
Bulls——1,627162.73/cwt154.00–169.002,6483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00595.00/cwt95.00–95.009551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,069122.21/cwt115.00–133.001,30610

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.