Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-11-04

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 4
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 139▼ 70 vs year ago 166 · −42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 16▲ 33 vs year ago 10 · +330.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 1 · +1,000.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder bulls sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. 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 $224.76/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −144.22 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$224.76
10 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.38
vs MS average
−33.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556227.931,2686thin
Medium and Large 2541220.021,1904thin
One grade step is worth $7.91/cwt here — about $78 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 sale10 hd
224.76
—
MS average13 barns · 377 hd
226.14
−1.38
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−33.63
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−144.22
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—Average1,688142.002,3962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180117.011,38114
CowsLean 85-90%Low92195.0887513

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)1,070$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,4751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$1,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$1,3842thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)825$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,013$1,2542thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)820$1,1001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,0501thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)710$1,0001thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390263.24/cwt262.50–264.001,0272
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393276.54/cwt270.00–283.001,0872
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1461
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480268.67/cwt260.00–275.001,2904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3841
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568266.20/cwt262.50–270.001,5122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668213.79/cwt210.00–217.501,4282
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670234.16/cwt232.50–235.001,5693
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8551
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6041
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,9341
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290267.50/cwt267.50–267.507761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318264.37/cwt259.00–270.008412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328236.32/cwt235.00–237.507752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370255.00/cwt255.00–255.009441
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373237.62/cwt235.00–240.008862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421236.17/cwt232.50–245.009944
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435248.66/cwt245.00–252.501,0822
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460207.50/cwt207.50–207.509551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473236.19/cwt235.00–237.501,1172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480227.51/cwt220.00–232.501,0924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523232.56/cwt230.00–235.001,2162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528220.86/cwt217.50–222.501,1663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573225.61/cwt222.50–227.501,2934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225312.50/cwt312.50–312.507032
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260332.50/cwt332.50–332.508651
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330260.00/cwt260.00–260.008581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380245.00/cwt245.00–245.009311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419274.85/cwt272.00–282.501,1524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525254.90/cwt252.50–257.501,3382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2031
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,485144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1381
Bulls——1,890140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87383.36/cwt77.00–90.007284
Cows—Lean 85-90%942100.29/cwt95.00–108.009459
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180117.01/cwt109.00–125.001,38114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18251,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19001,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0131,254.20/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0701,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,383.51/head1,225.00–1,500.001,3842
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18201,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 17101,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0101,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501

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.