Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-05-05

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 5
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 85▲ 24 vs year ago 81 · +29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▼ 13 vs year ago 21 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $317.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −51.48 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$317.50
2 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.94
vs MS average
−15.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545317.501,7302thin
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 sale2 hd
317.50
—
MS average13 barns · 331 hd
306.56
+10.94
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−15.32
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−51.48
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—Average1,878196.613,6922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,193148.231,7684thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,2541
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4461
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330451.64/cwt412.00–482.501,4904
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368442.34/cwt425.00–475.001,6283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429419.60/cwt407.50–437.501,8007
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6771
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458407.87/cwt385.00–430.001,8682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9831
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,0001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1291
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,49414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365373.24/cwt370.00–375.001,3623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373391.77/cwt380.00–407.501,4613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412369.96/cwt367.50–375.001,5243
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473343.02/cwt337.50–347.001,6224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,72012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7841
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,9224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,8031
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2960242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,3281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3141
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368433.76/cwt432.50–435.001,5962
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8371
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470364.80/cwt357.50–377.501,7153
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523355.88/cwt352.50–360.001,8613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573333.84/cwt322.50–350.001,9133
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0931
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,0481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,878196.61/cwt195.00–198.003,6922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125141.45/cwt141.00–142.001,5912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9532

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.