Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-02-10

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 110▲ 48 vs year ago 131 · +36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 29▲ 34 vs year ago 26 · +130.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 7▼ 3 vs year ago 7 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers, heifers and bulls sold mixed. slaughter cows and bulls sold $6-10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.62/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −121.36 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$247.62
6 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.66
vs MS average
−49.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539251.321,3544thin
Medium and Large 2528240.211,2682thin
One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $86 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 sale6 hd
247.62
—
MS average13 barns · 289 hd
256.27
−8.66
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−49.38
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−121.36
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—Average1,731173.873,0104thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,322148.771,96718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,415135.001,9101thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,083125.091,35423

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,048$1,7582thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,185$2,4001thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,0731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383317.16/cwt300.00–335.001,2152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471293.86/cwt280.00–322.501,38413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530295.55/cwt270.00–312.501,5664
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565283.92/cwt277.50–290.001,6042
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635268.85/cwt262.50–275.001,7072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8501
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773247.67/cwt240.00–255.001,9142
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0341
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233270.16/cwt242.50–295.006292
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245320.00/cwt320.00–320.007841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268307.85/cwt300.00–315.008252
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322262.07/cwt240.00–285.008446
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332305.56/cwt285.00–320.001,0145
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381299.00/cwt282.50–335.001,1395
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385268.34/cwt267.50–270.001,0333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430290.39/cwt287.50–294.001,2493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465294.73/cwt282.50–307.501,3702
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528240.21/cwt225.00–255.001,2682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530254.26/cwt247.50–257.501,3483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622247.38/cwt235.00–255.001,5393
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6253
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,7763
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,8862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205400.00/cwt400.00–400.008201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0077
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305384.84/cwt375.00–395.001,1742
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368330.95/cwt325.00–337.501,2182
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426315.25/cwt310.00–330.001,3438
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515295.00/cwt287.50–302.501,5192
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553233.78/cwt227.50–240.001,2932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,731173.87/cwt167.00–177.003,0104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920107.00/cwt107.00–107.009841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090125.91/cwt110.00–137.001,37222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,322148.77/cwt137.00–158.001,96718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0481,757.76/head1,725.00–1,800.001,7582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.