Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-09-08

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 8
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 147▼ 22 vs year ago 224 · −9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 12▼ 24 vs year ago 51 · −47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 10 vs year ago 11 · −90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.42/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −24.56 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$344.42
33 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,914
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.67
vs MS average
−23.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529356.561,8855thin
Medium and Large 1-2563344.161,93626
Medium and Large 2515327.501,6871thin
Medium and Large 3550307.501,6911thin
One grade step is worth $49.06/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale33 hd
344.42
—
MS average14 barns · 389 hd
363.09
−18.67
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−23.92
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−24.56
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—Average1,368189.502,5912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,257163.202,05116
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,086144.031,5648thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)900$2,2251thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,7001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374449.13/cwt430.00–492.501,6804
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458398.32/cwt387.50–412.501,8243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468372.66/cwt362.50–382.501,7442
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470421.09/cwt412.50–427.501,97912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515378.69/cwt365.00–390.001,9504
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,11914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570362.41/cwt360.00–365.002,0662
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619354.79/cwt350.00–363.002,1968
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673351.59/cwt342.50–361.002,3666
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,4831
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,6933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1180422.50/cwt422.50–422.507611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270419.91/cwt415.00–425.001,1342
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,0661
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,3241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370401.28/cwt400.00–402.501,4852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420333.53/cwt327.50–340.001,4012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438377.54/cwt375.00–380.001,6542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465374.94/cwt362.50–385.001,7437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468351.23/cwt347.50–355.001,6442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475311.72/cwt300.00–322.501,4812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522358.83/cwt355.00–365.001,8734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8469
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9291
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573346.36/cwt337.50–350.001,98517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618329.94/cwt325.00–335.002,0396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3055
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675324.06/cwt315.00–330.002,1873
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715300.00/cwt290.00–310.002,1452
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3770262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,0211
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2815290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205442.50/cwt442.50–442.509071
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331468.16/cwt417.50–520.001,5504
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388431.96/cwt418.00–440.001,6763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429426.45/cwt420.00–442.501,8295
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5171
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468400.60/cwt390.00–412.501,8755
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480369.99/cwt365.00–377.501,7765
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530363.86/cwt360.00–367.501,9282
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563351.42/cwt348.00–355.001,9782
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585327.46/cwt325.00–330.001,9162
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,0301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,0791
Bulls——1,605195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,1301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086144.03/cwt130.00–149.001,5648
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244161.66/cwt153.00–172.002,01114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,3402
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19002,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251

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.