Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-07-21

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 78▼ 83 vs year ago 180 · −46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 62 vs year ago 80 · −77.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 14▼ 19 vs year ago 20 · −95.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested. Feeder bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality was plain to 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 $333.02/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +25.17 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$333.02
5 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538334.411,7974thin
Medium and Large 2520327.501,7031thin
One grade step is worth $6.90/cwt here — about $94 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 sale5 hd
333.02
—
MS average13 barns · 138 hd
331.17
+1.85
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+25.17
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—Average1,875205.633,8562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161157.961,83411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031135.521,3974thin

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)1,370$2,2001thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7595
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0045
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225415.00/cwt415.00–415.009341
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2227349.39/cwt337.50–370.007933
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325351.25/cwt345.00–357.501,1422
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328361.32/cwt352.50–370.001,1852
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345370.32/cwt365.00–377.501,2787
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,1311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,5461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475319.05/cwt310.00–327.501,5153
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523306.20/cwt295.00–317.501,6012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566317.35/cwt310.00–332.501,7963
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8151
Heifers1850–1900Medium and Large 11,891307.50/cwt307.50–307.505,8151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2195377.50/cwt377.50–377.507361
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215392.50/cwt392.50–392.508441
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218469.91/cwt467.50–472.501,0242
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326441.67/cwt420.00–467.501,4405
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365417.02/cwt397.50–432.501,5223
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375377.10/cwt367.50–387.501,4142
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,1751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408379.08/cwt365.00–397.501,5473
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1891
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420346.65/cwt322.50–360.001,4563
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466362.39/cwt350.00–372.501,6895
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505356.31/cwt350.00–362.501,7992
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8991
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,875205.63/cwt202.00–210.003,8562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031135.52/cwt124.00–149.001,3974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132155.85/cwt150.00–162.001,7649
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293167.48/cwt166.00–169.002,1662
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001

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.