Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-04-28

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 200▼ 62 vs year ago 147 · −42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 16 vs year ago 19 · −84.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 1▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were also not well tested. Quality was average and demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.94/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −68.03 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$300.94
9 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$60.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.31
vs MS average
−28.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542317.751,7226thin
Medium and Large 2555272.251,5112thin
Medium and Large 3530257.501,3651thin
One grade step is worth $60.25/cwt here — about $357 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd
300.94
—
MS average13 barns · 249 hd
299.64
+1.31
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−28.40
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−68.03
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—Average1,553183.952,8572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,098147.501,6192thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average950127.001,2071thin

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)1,060$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,295$2,0751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,330$2,0001thin

Every lot

35 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426406.69/cwt397.50–420.001,7324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478398.98/cwt392.50–405.001,9072
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513373.26/cwt350.00–392.501,9153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540317.41/cwt297.50–335.001,7146
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578295.53/cwt277.50–312.501,7082
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,2622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218400.34/cwt390.00–412.508732
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265413.21/cwt400.00–425.001,0952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325390.05/cwt370.00–415.001,2683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374392.51/cwt382.50–397.501,4685
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468341.57/cwt332.50–352.001,5996
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518323.50/cwt319.00–330.001,6764
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3651
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5671
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590306.25/cwt305.00–307.501,8072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220464.60/cwt447.50–482.501,0222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3731
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377424.56/cwt412.50–437.501,6013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419397.75/cwt382.50–410.001,6675
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460379.73/cwt367.50–395.001,7473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570337.23/cwt325.00–352.501,9224
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,553183.95/cwt180.00–188.002,8572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2071
Cows—Boner 80-85%965139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9191
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.