Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 69▼ 97 vs year ago 197 · −49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 14▼ 63 vs year ago 99 · −63.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 17 vs year ago 22 · −77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls were smoking today, they were 10.00-20.00 higher . Demand good. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −54.13 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$352.00
19 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.50
vs MS average
−19.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2582352.502,0529thin
Medium and Large 1537351.561,88710thin
One grade step is worth $0.94/cwt here — about $164 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 sale19 hd
352.00
—
MS average14 barns · 320 hd
343.51
+8.50
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
−19.92
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
−54.13
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
Bulls—Average1,695209.003,5431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,329174.492,31926

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,1002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)900$1,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)675$1,9501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$2,4001thin

Every lot

41 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260476.25/cwt457.50–495.001,2382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469374.91/cwt357.50–392.501,7585
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518368.47/cwt335.00–380.001,9096
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565326.19/cwt315.00–342.501,8434
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,1211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375382.50/cwt376.00–389.001,4342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428360.85/cwt350.00–367.501,5443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442322.50/cwt307.50–337.501,4253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465317.15/cwt307.50–327.001,4752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480353.71/cwt350.00–357.501,6982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538327.29/cwt312.50–342.501,7612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8565
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573285.03/cwt282.50–287.501,6332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6671
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220438.49/cwt427.50–450.009652
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3278256.19/cwt250.00–262.507122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310297.50/cwt297.50–297.509221
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,2991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378400.10/cwt382.00–417.501,5122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425387.84/cwt370.00–412.501,6484
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455361.21/cwt357.50–365.001,6442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574322.05/cwt311.00–332.501,8494
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625288.78/cwt287.50–290.001,8052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,695209.00/cwt209.00–209.003,5431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148164.34/cwt155.00–170.001,88711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,462181.94/cwt174.00–189.002,66015
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 16751,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002

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.