Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-06

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 6
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 216▼ 99 vs year ago 229 · −43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 69▼ 52 vs year ago 78 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 19▲ 6 vs year ago 15 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $338.28/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +30.43 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$338.28
17 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.31
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550357.671,9674thin
Medium and Large 2565334.381,88912thin
Medium and Large 3570307.501,7531thin
One grade step is worth $50.17/cwt here — about $214 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 sale17 hd
338.28
—
MS average12 barns · 190 hd
351.59
−13.31
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+30.43
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—Average1,713192.803,3032thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,114152.661,70115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100133.501,4694thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$2,6251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,170$1,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)802$1,7502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$1,7472thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)938$2,6183thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,063$2,2308
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)888$2,0283thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,9001thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,2661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,7581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563368.76/cwt367.50–370.002,0762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2791
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,4921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4481
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765347.48/cwt345.00–350.002,6582
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3200325.00/cwt325.00–325.006501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0362
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313377.44/cwt375.00–380.001,1812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5181
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472335.33/cwt322.50–345.001,5833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,7941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9684
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,26112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3715260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8592
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723323.94/cwt317.50–330.002,3422
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4903
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009204
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,1701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268512.20/cwt477.50–545.001,3732
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,4111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370437.97/cwt425.00–465.001,6203
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373366.19/cwt365.00–367.501,3662
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3231
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7941
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450430.00/cwt422.50–437.501,9352
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3467328.20/cwt320.00–342.501,5333
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530367.78/cwt357.50–377.501,9492
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531342.46/cwt335.00–350.001,8184
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570347.57/cwt340.00–355.001,9812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582330.34/cwt322.50–337.501,9238
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622325.82/cwt320.00–335.002,0273
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,713192.80/cwt190.00–195.003,3032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100133.50/cwt130.00–139.001,4694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101151.42/cwt142.00–163.001,66714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2021
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 17001,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19382,617.81/head1,875.00–2,900.002,6183
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1152,315.95/head1,700.00–2,750.002,3167
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18882,028.19/head1,750.00–2,475.002,0283
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18021,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0052,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1801,746.50/head1,550.00–1,900.001,7472

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.