Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-04-07

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 88▼ 3 vs year ago 96 · −3.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 7 vs year ago 25 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: there was not enough data to call a trend on feeder steers, feeder heifers sold very unevenly, and feeder bulls sold mostly 4.00 to 16.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00lower. quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.41/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −70.57 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$298.41
6 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.02
vs MS average
−18.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527298.411,5726thin
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 sale6 hd
298.41
—
MS average13 barns · 199 hd
297.39
+1.02
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−18.14
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−70.57
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—Average1,635144.002,3541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227136.541,6758thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low947113.601,0768thin

Every lot

41 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527333.67/cwt324.00–340.001,7583
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9371
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215347.50/cwt347.50–347.507471
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255320.00/cwt320.00–320.008161
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0194
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335334.78/cwt327.50–342.501,1222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376302.62/cwt280.00–310.001,1384
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385319.97/cwt315.00–327.501,2323
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418317.49/cwt307.50–325.001,3273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469313.71/cwt300.00–327.501,4717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510306.36/cwt300.00–315.001,5624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,5822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1195450.00/cwt450.00–450.008781
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235420.00/cwt420.00–420.009871
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275400.18/cwt390.00–410.001,1002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310369.92/cwt360.00–382.501,1473
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2181
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428343.85/cwt325.00–367.501,4723
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5703
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487339.08/cwt325.00–357.501,6513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488296.50/cwt280.00–312.501,4472
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519321.86/cwt317.50–325.001,6704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530302.57/cwt295.00–310.001,6042
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,635144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79387.40/cwt85.00–90.006932
Cows—Lean 85-90%998122.34/cwt115.00–125.001,2216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227136.54/cwt130.00–144.001,6758

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.