Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2024-12-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 2
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 135▲ 24 vs year ago 114 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 48▼ 26 vs year ago 47 · −55.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 12▲ 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle of all weights and classes sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly attritive and demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.01/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −114.97 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$254.01
27 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.11
vs MS average
−29.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558262.431,4642thin
Medium and Large 1-2533260.611,39018thin
Medium and Large 2564234.611,3247thin
One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $140 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 sale27 hd
254.01
—
MS average6 barns · 153 hd
251.89
+2.11
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
−29.31
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−114.97
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—Average1,337138.661,8533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,129116.711,3187thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04294.199816thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,185$1,8452thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$1,7282thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$1,6132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$1,0251thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465309.97/cwt307.50–312.501,4412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520309.84/cwt300.00–320.001,6113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568286.08/cwt270.00–297.501,6255
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6632
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228306.24/cwt305.00–307.506982
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1253320.00/cwt320.00–320.008102
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280280.00/cwt280.00–280.007841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320275.80/cwt274.00–277.508832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365277.05/cwt272.50–282.501,0115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418256.95/cwt250.00–260.001,0744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423274.25/cwt265.00–285.001,1604
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0691
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471266.46/cwt260.00–275.001,25510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2891
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528240.04/cwt232.50–247.501,2672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3947
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558262.43/cwt257.50–267.501,4642
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579232.44/cwt225.00–245.001,3465
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614232.70/cwt228.00–237.501,4296
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228368.27/cwt357.50–377.508402
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260343.75/cwt315.00–372.508942
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315302.50/cwt302.50–302.509531
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320360.83/cwt357.50–362.501,1553
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360339.79/cwt332.50–347.501,2232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1241
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428305.70/cwt297.50–316.001,3086
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463311.26/cwt310.00–312.501,4412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3231
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503266.27/cwt262.50–270.001,3392
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5513
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,300130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6901
Bulls——1,355142.99/cwt142.00–144.001,9382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92877.61/cwt75.00–80.007202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099102.48/cwt99.00–104.001,1264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,129116.71/cwt109.00–124.501,3187
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19151,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19301,613.10/head1,500.00–1,725.001,6132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,727.77/head1,675.00–1,775.001,7282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1851,845.36/head1,575.00–2,125.001,8452

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.