Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-05-19

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 91▲ 64 vs year ago 77 · +83.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 9▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were not well tested however a lower undertone was noted, Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower, and there was not enough data to call a trend on feeder bulls. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $343.83/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +35.98 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$343.83
4 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.10
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528343.831,8154thin
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 sale4 hd
343.83
—
MS average12 barns · 124 hd
320.73
+23.10
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+35.98
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—Average1,720181.003,1131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,112146.561,6307thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average880125.001,1001thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418408.91/cwt400.00–417.501,7092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8093
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544361.67/cwt357.50–365.001,9679
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245345.00/cwt345.00–345.008451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383370.23/cwt357.50–392.501,4184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,4263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418374.21/cwt362.50–387.501,5644
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423337.45/cwt330.00–347.501,4273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450336.25/cwt332.50–340.001,5132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508319.99/cwt317.50–322.501,6268
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513315.78/cwt309.00–322.501,6202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565310.60/cwt297.50–317.501,7553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615303.80/cwt297.50–310.001,8682
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278422.97/cwt405.00–440.001,1762
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2297433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,2866
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324424.04/cwt412.50–435.001,3746
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373414.23/cwt400.00–430.001,5457
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2403409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,6485
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1403407.49/cwt400.00–412.501,6423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410389.94/cwt385.00–395.001,5992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2431
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7676
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480387.37/cwt375.00–400.001,8592
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488356.35/cwt350.00–362.501,7392
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517348.44/cwt337.50–357.501,8013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613313.74/cwt312.50–315.001,9232
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5931
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,0091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,720181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,1131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047143.49/cwt130.00–151.001,5026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,505165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4831

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.