Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-09-15

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 15
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 202▲ 135 vs year ago 66 · +204.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 27▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last last week: Feeder steers were not well tested but a lower undertone was noted. Feeder heifers and bulls sold steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows were not well tested and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $334.67/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −34.31 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$334.67
23 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,820
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$36.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.36
vs MS average
−24.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549346.251,90110thin
Medium and Large 1560333.921,8697thin
Medium and Large 2518317.511,6455thin
Medium and Large 3510310.001,5811thin
One grade step is worth $36.25/cwt here — about $320 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 sale23 hd
334.67
—
MS average14 barns · 344 hd
350.03
−15.36
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−24.99
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−34.31
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—Average1,722191.353,2944thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,210138.001,6701thin

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)1,000$2,4001thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,6681
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480375.05/cwt372.50–377.501,8002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515363.63/cwt357.50–370.001,8732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530344.91/cwt340.00–350.001,8282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2791
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8571
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587347.67/cwt340.00–367.502,04114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,37514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265417.99/cwt410.00–430.001,1083
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,0661
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313408.31/cwt405.00–412.501,2783
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385350.00/cwt340.00–360.001,3482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405384.97/cwt382.50–387.501,5592
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420352.02/cwt342.50–365.001,4783
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465352.45/cwt350.00–355.001,6392
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481332.09/cwt325.00–342.501,5976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510318.76/cwt297.50–332.501,6264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542338.33/cwt330.00–347.501,8343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9395
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7191
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573330.61/cwt320.00–340.001,8944
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638326.15/cwt317.50–335.002,0812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,35618
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,2651
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321456.80/cwt417.50–487.501,4666
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373427.89/cwt417.50–452.501,5964
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423410.12/cwt390.00–432.501,7352
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6955
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438338.74/cwt337.50–340.001,4842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5621
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460402.45/cwt397.50–407.501,8512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479366.02/cwt355.00–372.501,7535
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523345.79/cwt340.00–352.501,8083
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525326.20/cwt325.00–327.501,7132
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,94715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583315.81/cwt310.00–320.001,8413
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625306.20/cwt300.00–312.501,9142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9563
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,0141
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3715277.38/cwt260.00–295.001,9832
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1621
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,655182.64/cwt180.00–185.003,0232
Bulls——1,788200.05/cwt195.00–204.003,5772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6701
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.