Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-05-26

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 26
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 141▼ 24 vs year ago 112 · −21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 10▼ 25 vs year ago 80 · −31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 37 vs year ago 52 · −71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 5-12 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4-10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.87/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −52.11 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$316.87
9 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs MS average
−15.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550325.611,7923thin
Medium and Large 1-2566312.501,7696thin
One grade step is worth $13.11/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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
316.87
—
MS average12 barns · 339 hd
315.14
+1.73
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−15.82
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−52.11
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—High1,903200.643,81818
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,210157.121,90111
CowsLean 85-90%Low967133.181,28810

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,9251thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,190$3,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,410$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,256$2,7464thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,440$2,7002thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)790$1,0501thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418407.40/cwt395.00–420.001,7033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455384.14/cwt377.50–390.001,7483
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528339.09/cwt327.50–357.501,7903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573329.96/cwt327.50–335.001,8913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618331.14/cwt327.50–335.002,0462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7951
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319356.89/cwt337.50–372.501,1384
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,5511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473336.44/cwt312.50–362.501,59111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533343.42/cwt320.00–367.501,8302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7696
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8943
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623303.86/cwt300.00–307.501,8932
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835247.60/cwt238.00–257.502,0674
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Replacement8372,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,0982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,3201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323360.41/cwt342.50–377.501,1642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460372.39/cwt367.50–377.501,7132
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,594190.50/cwt183.00–195.003,0374
Bulls——1,991203.54/cwt200.00–208.004,05214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0872
Cows—Lean 85-90%973137.72/cwt131.00–143.001,3408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190155.56/cwt149.00–162.001,8518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263161.29/cwt160.00–164.002,0373
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1903,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1382,239.89/head1,875.00–2,600.002,2402
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3733,251.37/head3,100.00–3,400.003,2512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4103,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4402,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-27901,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501

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.