Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-08-11

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 150▼ 62 vs year ago 178 · −34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 26▼ 19 vs year ago 32 · −59.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 1 vs year ago 3 · −33.3%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $346.24/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +38.39 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$346.24
22 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$38.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.20
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502359.431,80413thin
Medium and Large 1577339.211,9573thin
Medium and Large 2556321.171,7856thin
One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $20 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
346.24
—
MS average13 barns · 181 hd
341.03
+5.20
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+38.39
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—Average1,063162.441,7272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,198171.002,0498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low980100.009801thin

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)800$1,9501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$2,3501thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470377.59/cwt375.00–380.001,7754
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531349.89/cwt345.00–360.001,8583
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0271
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,2345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355352.50/cwt340.00–365.001,2512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372376.86/cwt367.50–392.501,4023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408339.97/cwt335.00–345.001,3872
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2391
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457352.39/cwt340.00–360.001,6103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477329.60/cwt325.00–334.001,5723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510330.77/cwt327.50–337.501,6873
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576335.27/cwt333.00–337.501,9314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613323.73/cwt320.00–327.501,9842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680316.08/cwt305.00–327.502,1492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275505.62/cwt497.50–512.501,3903
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323457.44/cwt432.50–472.501,4783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354435.47/cwt427.50–442.501,5424
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430364.83/cwt360.00–370.001,5692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463391.30/cwt382.50–400.001,8122
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6983
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2502359.43/cwt352.50–362.501,80413
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525327.60/cwt317.50–337.501,7202
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571317.96/cwt312.50–325.001,8164
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577339.21/cwt332.50–352.501,9573
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630322.42/cwt317.50–327.502,0312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7921
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1747285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1292
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,063162.44/cwt160.00–165.001,7272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135166.48/cwt152.00–174.001,8905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303178.52/cwt176.00–182.002,3263
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0902,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.