Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-01-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 132▲ 56 vs year ago 129 · +43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 15▼ 26 vs year ago 45 · −57.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher feeder heifers and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows were not well tested and slaughter bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly attractive and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.53/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −111.45 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$257.53
28 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.70
vs MS average
−46.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530262.921,3936thin
Medium and Large 1-2574256.931,47517thin
Medium and Large 2524253.101,3265thin
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $67 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 sale28 hd
257.53
—
MS average13 barns · 278 hd
260.23
−2.70
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−46.50
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−111.45
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—Average1,495153.282,2922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151119.391,3746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average895109.009761thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,325$1,6751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,4751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$1,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$1,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$2,4001thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,2061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380341.25/cwt335.00–347.501,2972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0591
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423296.35/cwt280.00–312.501,2542
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436340.90/cwt320.00–362.501,4864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465325.13/cwt290.00–352.501,5125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482283.86/cwt279.00–292.501,3683
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519310.61/cwt305.00–315.001,6124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528278.32/cwt270.00–282.501,4703
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576289.69/cwt277.50–302.501,6697
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586274.38/cwt270.00–280.001,60816
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,7803
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675254.50/cwt245.00–264.001,7182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725242.48/cwt237.50–245.001,7583
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0071
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,1231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225322.80/cwt312.50–332.507263
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280232.50/cwt232.50–232.506511
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285310.00/cwt310.00–310.008841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335288.77/cwt287.50–290.009672
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343305.02/cwt302.50–307.501,0462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360275.00/cwt275.00–275.009901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365241.13/cwt230.00–250.008804
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367312.05/cwt300.00–320.001,1458
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428285.03/cwt280.00–290.001,2202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433274.97/cwt270.00–280.001,1912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461272.67/cwt270.00–276.001,2575
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473264.55/cwt261.00–267.501,2513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479286.36/cwt282.50–295.001,37216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510267.53/cwt265.00–272.501,3644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515255.13/cwt250.00–262.501,3144
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570253.71/cwt252.50–255.001,4462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574256.93/cwt250.00–260.001,47517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4641
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230322.50/cwt322.50–322.507421
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250377.50/cwt377.50–377.509441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385338.05/cwt336.00–340.001,3012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0371
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415313.68/cwt300.00–330.001,3024
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468291.51/cwt290.00–293.001,3642
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,3541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503287.49/cwt285.00–290.001,4462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,495153.28/cwt151.00–155.002,2922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895109.00/cwt109.00–109.009761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151119.39/cwt114.00–125.001,3746
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18701,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19701,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0001,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0401,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3251,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.