Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 22
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 201▼ 32 vs year ago 155 · −20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 4▼ 46 vs year ago 55 · −83.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was mostly plain 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 $321.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −47.31 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$321.67
3 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.05
vs MS average
−44.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530345.001,8291thin
Medium and Large 2515310.001,5972thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $232 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 sale3 hd
321.67
—
MS average14 barns · 300 hd
346.71
−25.05
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−44.18
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−47.31
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—Average1,803191.393,4513thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,293166.502,1532thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035140.771,4574thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,4381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340463.18/cwt425.00–502.501,5752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385426.10/cwt412.50–437.501,6404
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400426.25/cwt425.00–427.501,7052
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3941
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9184
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455329.86/cwt317.50–342.501,5012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460398.60/cwt385.00–412.501,8342
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,8691
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9994
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522344.86/cwt337.50–352.501,8003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9381
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3825250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1145437.50/cwt437.50–437.506341
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3215268.95/cwt255.00–285.005782
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245325.00/cwt325.00–325.007961
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250370.00/cwt370.00–370.009251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315303.06/cwt267.50–337.509552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318414.78/cwt387.50–442.501,3192
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320368.98/cwt365.00–372.501,1812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363364.97/cwt360.00–370.001,3252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390411.20/cwt407.50–415.001,6042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3407305.87/cwt277.50–325.001,2453
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423391.26/cwt390.00–392.501,6552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425349.90/cwt330.00–372.501,4876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454332.93/cwt300.00–362.501,5124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,5972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0648
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205320.00/cwt320.00–320.006561
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0581
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270466.30/cwt430.00–500.001,2592
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318480.82/cwt452.50–520.001,5293
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330285.15/cwt250.00–322.509412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5451
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420423.12/cwt412.50–430.001,7773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469353.81/cwt330.00–387.501,6594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472404.04/cwt392.50–412.501,9073
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,655196.09/cwt185.00–205.003,2452
Bulls——2,100182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,8221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035140.77/cwt133.00–145.001,4574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293166.50/cwt164.00–169.002,1532

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.