Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-09-01

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 1
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 153▼ 73 vs year ago 220 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 18▼ 117 vs year ago 129 · −90.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 2▼ 26 vs year ago 39 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $361.80/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +53.95 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$361.80
11 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544369.992,0127thin
Medium and Large 2542347.481,8824thin
One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $130 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 sale11 hd
361.80
—
MS average14 barns · 202 hd
360.25
+1.55
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+53.95
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—Average1,613203.003,2732thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,189168.312,0025thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053133.081,4013thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$3,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,148$2,9313thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$2,3813thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,280$2,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)925$1,7751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$3,8574thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370442.23/cwt437.50–447.501,6362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,7731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515390.98/cwt377.50–405.002,0142
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575367.20/cwt350.00–385.002,1112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610369.84/cwt347.50–385.002,2563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679357.37/cwt345.00–375.002,4277
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4502
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6057
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,0951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315418.97/cwt400.00–437.501,3203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1641
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368414.90/cwt400.00–430.001,5272
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408394.13/cwt387.50–402.501,6083
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425363.68/cwt357.50–370.001,5462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458376.31/cwt372.50–380.001,7232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525342.28/cwt332.50–352.501,7974
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568342.56/cwt340.00–345.001,9462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9662
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0473
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2102
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0621
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,2601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273520.11/cwt517.50–522.501,4202
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335461.89/cwt445.00–472.501,5473
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365454.26/cwt430.00–492.501,6583
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4071
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427428.36/cwt410.00–452.501,8296
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7731
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468378.93/cwt372.50–387.501,7735
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473402.63/cwt392.50–415.001,9044
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518382.53/cwt372.50–397.501,9823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532350.81/cwt342.50–357.501,8663
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563360.58/cwt345.00–370.002,0304
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620340.18/cwt332.50–347.502,1092
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708326.24/cwt322.50–330.002,3102
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3963
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0911
Bulls——2,095221.00/cwt221.00–221.004,6301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053133.08/cwt111.00–144.001,4013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178166.14/cwt155.00–173.001,9574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1861
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19251,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1482,930.62/head2,450.00–3,600.002,9313
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1532,381.29/head2,000.00–2,800.002,3813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2802,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3203,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2004,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3133,809.01/head3,625.00–4,025.003,8093

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.