Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 23
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 100▲ 68 vs year ago 129 · +52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 36▲ 17 vs year ago 18 · +94.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were not well tested. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $320.66/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +12.81 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$320.66
22 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$396
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$81.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523331.461,7342thin
Medium and Large 1-2552328.921,81717thin
Medium and Large 2558275.001,5332thin
Medium and Large 3535250.001,3381thin
One grade step is worth $81.46/cwt here — about $396 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 sale22 hd
320.66
—
MS average13 barns · 161 hd
323.29
−2.63
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+12.81
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—Average1,688208.003,5112thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,437160.672,3083thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,182155.751,8409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low959138.781,3327thin

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)907$2,2304thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,6164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458401.19/cwt397.50–405.001,8372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9316
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,7401
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670273.61/cwt267.50–280.001,8332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,0431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1247417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,0311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275297.50/cwt297.50–297.508181
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323379.88/cwt365.00–395.001,2272
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338331.33/cwt327.50–335.001,1202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380350.38/cwt346.00–355.001,3312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383319.94/cwt317.00–323.001,2252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2643
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416344.56/cwt335.00–350.001,4335
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430330.86/cwt327.50–335.001,4233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460341.54/cwt332.50–350.001,5713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463317.95/cwt300.00–330.001,4726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475334.34/cwt327.50–352.501,58811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518314.99/cwt312.50–317.501,6322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573310.33/cwt300.00–322.501,77811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575283.75/cwt277.50–290.001,6322
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225469.14/cwt447.50–495.001,0562
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283597.88/cwt400.00–690.001,6923
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323417.09/cwt402.50–427.501,3473
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,2461
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357367.57/cwt360.00–375.001,3123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4403
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369404.27/cwt395.00–417.501,4924
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421387.90/cwt377.50–395.001,6335
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424347.19/cwt332.50–355.001,4724
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472361.44/cwt352.50–370.001,7063
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485336.24/cwt327.50–345.001,6314
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3487265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2912
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523331.46/cwt322.50–340.001,7342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547330.83/cwt322.00–337.501,81014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8503
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618283.80/cwt280.00–287.501,7542
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673282.23/cwt277.00–287.501,8992
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,688208.00/cwt208.00–208.003,5112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950136.56/cwt135.00–138.001,2972
Cows—Lean 85-90%960125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2001
Cows—Lean 85-90%964143.34/cwt140.00–151.001,3824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127145.65/cwt142.00–149.001,6413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181157.33/cwt153.00–162.001,8584
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265167.72/cwt164.00–171.002,1222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,4111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450155.50/cwt155.00–156.002,2552
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18922,114.95/head2,075.00–2,175.002,1153
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19502,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751

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.