Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 130▼ 12 vs year ago 116 · −10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 26▼ 2 vs year ago 17 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Feeder bulls sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. 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 $344.02/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −24.96 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$344.02
8 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.00
vs MS average
−53.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556352.501,9603thin
Medium and Large 1538343.211,8483thin
Medium and Large 2543332.501,8042thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $156 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 sale8 hd
344.02
—
MS average14 barns · 339 hd
347.01
−3.00
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−53.84
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−24.96
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—Average1,540187.002,8801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219155.941,9016thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average936129.731,2144thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,7952
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455436.65/cwt430.00–445.001,9873
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2141
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6461
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,1551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325415.46/cwt400.00–430.001,3502
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3784
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4842
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5501
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415388.67/cwt382.50–395.001,6132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468364.01/cwt357.50–380.001,70410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525341.07/cwt335.00–347.501,7912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9603
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618342.51/cwt340.00–345.002,1172
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9001
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1188578.70/cwt547.50–612.501,0882
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,4151
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285529.21/cwt507.50–552.501,5082
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320511.91/cwt492.50–527.501,6384
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358449.83/cwt425.00–475.001,6102
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415435.67/cwt427.50–440.001,8084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455417.51/cwt407.50–422.501,9004
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9488
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493381.24/cwt380.00–382.501,8802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508392.43/cwt387.50–397.501,9942
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0701
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0141
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,2701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1925272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,540187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,8801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%870107.00/cwt107.00–107.009311
Cows—Lean 85-90%958137.31/cwt122.00–147.001,3153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219155.94/cwt150.00–159.001,9016

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.