Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 2
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 88▲ 62 vs year ago 99 · +62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 55▼ 3 vs year ago 17 · −17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.89/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −66.24 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$339.89
37 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.87
vs MS average
−38.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534353.291,8856thin
Medium and Large 1-2585340.481,99228
Medium and Large 2542307.571,6663thin
One grade step is worth $45.72/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale37 hd
339.89
—
MS average11 barns · 364 hd
343.76
−3.87
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−38.69
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
−66.24
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

10 sales
479429380331median 406.1303/3005/2509/0709/2811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $344.61, median $406.13 across 10 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,120153.611,72012
CowsLean 85-90%Average946137.221,2986thin

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)890$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)890$2,5612thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4861
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435404.90/cwt400.00–410.001,7613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471392.78/cwt362.50–412.501,8508
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520297.60/cwt292.50–302.501,5482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524360.55/cwt350.00–377.501,8894
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553338.77/cwt335.00–342.501,8732
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9161
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592337.03/cwt333.00–347.501,99514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,01511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618324.98/cwt320.00–330.002,0082
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9491
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2413
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420357.42/cwt350.00–362.501,5013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422332.71/cwt320.00–340.001,4043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475341.76/cwt335.00–352.501,6233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483325.01/cwt322.50–327.501,5702
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513316.78/cwt310.00–322.501,6255
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568308.52/cwt307.00–310.001,7522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582278.85/cwt250.00–297.501,6233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618290.84/cwt287.50–297.501,7973
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665273.25/cwt267.50–277.501,8173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170482.50/cwt482.50–482.508201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205480.00/cwt480.00–480.009841
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,2111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,3131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1393395.10/cwt380.00–410.001,5532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428389.84/cwt387.50–392.001,6692
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435343.71/cwt340.00–347.501,4952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465368.68/cwt362.50–375.001,7142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478320.96/cwt302.50–340.001,5342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535338.67/cwt330.00–347.501,8122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578326.17/cwt322.50–330.001,8852
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7521
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%946137.22/cwt129.00–144.001,2986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120153.61/cwt145.00–163.001,72012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18902,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18902,560.67/head2,400.00–2,725.002,5612

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.