Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 197▼ 62 vs year ago 185 · −33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 35▲ 4 vs year ago 23 · +17.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.79/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −47.19 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$321.79
18 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs MS average
−19.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523323.571,6927thin
Medium and Large 1-2552320.661,76911thin
One grade step is worth $2.91/cwt here — about −$77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale18 hd
321.79
—
MS average7 barns · 171 hd
323.23
−1.43
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−19.74
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−47.19
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—Average1,625198.003,2181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191164.751,96316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520162.002,4621thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,014142.321,4437thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$1,9751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$1,9372thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)580$1,5283thin

Every lot

48 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387386.72/cwt380.00–390.001,4973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7461
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9083
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567356.75/cwt352.50–365.002,0239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638317.47/cwt315.00–320.002,0252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330365.08/cwt360.00–370.001,2052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5559
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5943
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523323.57/cwt317.50–325.001,6927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565323.30/cwt315.00–327.501,8276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205410.00/cwt410.00–410.008411
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3220340.00/cwt340.00–340.007481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2269373.53/cwt350.00–382.501,0054
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,1691
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320428.52/cwt425.00–432.501,3712
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325356.81/cwt342.50–372.501,1602
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415357.41/cwt350.00–365.001,4832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3061
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485338.74/cwt337.50–340.001,6432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6541
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558327.44/cwt317.50–340.001,8273
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658284.91/cwt277.50–292.501,8752
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,625198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,2181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014142.32/cwt128.00–148.001,4437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110178.44/cwt172.00–188.001,9813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210161.59/cwt152.00–168.001,95513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,4621
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 15801,527.59/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5283
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19101,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19151,936.75/head1,800.00–2,075.001,9372

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.