Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-02-24

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 79▼ 94 vs year ago 135 · −69.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 15▼ 44 vs year ago 48 · −91.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were not well tested but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were also not well tested. 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 $288.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −19.85 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$288.00
3 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.44
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525288.001,5133thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
288.00
—
MS average9 barns · 74 hd
290.44
−2.44
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
−19.85
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—Average1,895172.003,2591thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,305123.961,6182thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7891
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,0301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250322.50/cwt322.50–322.508061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290277.50/cwt277.50–277.508051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425292.32/cwt287.50–297.501,2422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584248.69/cwt230.00–255.001,4524
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1180417.50/cwt417.50–417.507521
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245402.50/cwt402.50–402.509861
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316396.45/cwt387.50–422.501,2534
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368375.51/cwt370.00–385.001,3824
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0291
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413329.77/cwt317.50–342.501,3622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478312.45/cwt302.50–322.501,4942
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6171
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7041
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,895172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,2591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305123.96/cwt120.00–127.001,6182

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.