Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-20

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 104▼ 81 vs year ago 225 · −36.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 12 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold very unevenly from 10.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Quality was plain to 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 $367.96/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +60.11 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$367.96
11 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543375.632,0418thin
Medium and Large 2555347.501,9293thin
One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $112 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 sale11 hd
367.96
—
MS average13 barns · 154 hd
355.45
+12.51
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+60.11
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—Average1,495176.002,6311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266155.951,9747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,207133.231,6087thin

Every lot

43 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415419.94/cwt415.00–425.001,7432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470327.07/cwt307.50–347.501,5372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517382.70/cwt380.00–385.001,97911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1653
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618354.25/cwt350.00–357.502,1893
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,19315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274428.73/cwt407.50–455.001,1754
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295325.00/cwt325.00–325.009591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332385.14/cwt380.00–392.501,2793
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373414.40/cwt405.00–425.001,5462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390385.91/cwt380.00–390.001,5053
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425369.04/cwt362.50–375.001,5682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460369.89/cwt360.00–380.001,7012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474339.66/cwt325.00–352.501,6104
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7364
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6831
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522347.60/cwt340.00–355.001,8143
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,2541
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,1951
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323492.89/cwt425.00–555.001,5924
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3261
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358437.03/cwt407.50–482.501,5654
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360381.67/cwt360.00–397.501,3743
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2391420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431419.45/cwt410.00–427.501,8085
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468415.35/cwt400.00–427.501,9445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484380.31/cwt345.00–397.501,8414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526383.49/cwt377.50–395.002,0175
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8462
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572362.54/cwt357.50–367.502,0743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0971
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618361.28/cwt360.00–362.502,2332
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1451
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,495176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,207133.23/cwt128.00–142.001,6087
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230154.27/cwt150.00–161.001,8986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,480166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4571

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.