Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-03-17

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 17
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 136▲ 22 vs year ago 71 · +31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 31▼ 19 vs year ago 30 · −63.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks: ago: Feeder cattle were not well tested but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −68.63 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$337.50
1 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.89
vs MS average
−19.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580337.501,9581thin
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 sale1 hd
337.50
—
MS average10 barns · 146 hd
325.61
+11.89
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−19.66
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
−68.63
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

10 sales
479429380331median 406.1303/3005/2509/0709/2811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $344.61, median $406.13 across 10 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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,083141.651,53410
CowsLean 85-90%Average985126.001,2411thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3361
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407361.12/cwt345.00–387.501,4703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478374.95/cwt367.50–380.001,7924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9581
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,03143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240332.50/cwt332.50–332.507981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313336.33/cwt320.00–360.001,0533
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378335.08/cwt332.50–337.501,2672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437324.92/cwt317.50–330.001,4203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,3422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5821
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240365.00/cwt365.00–365.008761
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,1411
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,2811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373394.31/cwt387.50–400.001,4714
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383318.04/cwt295.00–345.001,2183
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422351.21/cwt343.00–360.001,4823
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5281
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7791
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573319.84/cwt312.50–327.501,8332
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,8281
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072139.56/cwt132.00–145.001,4968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6922

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.