Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-10-27

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 27
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 144▼ 36 vs year ago 139 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 11 vs year ago 16 · +68.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. quality was average and demand was weaker than the previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.78/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −51.20 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$317.78
9 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.72
vs MS average
−57.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525337.501,7721thin
Medium and Large 1-2569317.501,8077thin
Medium and Large 2535300.001,6051thin
One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $167 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 sale9 hd
317.78
—
MS average14 barns · 345 hd
341.50
−23.72
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−57.11
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−51.20
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—Average1,615179.332,8963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,295145.681,8879thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455143.002,0811thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,069129.681,3867thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,408$2,3752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,400$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$2,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)815$1,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)875$1,3002thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5972
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458375.81/cwt372.50–380.001,7213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523348.48/cwt347.00–350.001,8232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568320.25/cwt310.00–330.001,8194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,1783
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240370.00/cwt370.00–370.008881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,2231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,3365
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472343.34/cwt340.00–345.001,6213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8077
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332421.52/cwt412.50–427.501,3993
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460354.89/cwt350.00–360.001,6322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465337.50/cwt325.00–350.001,5692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515321.40/cwt318.00–325.001,6552
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528273.84/cwt240.00–310.001,4462
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580302.18/cwt290.00–315.001,7532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620272.52/cwt270.00–275.001,6902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,5371
Bulls——1,430190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7171
Bulls——1,990170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,3831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855105.00/cwt105.00–105.008981
Cows—Lean 85-90%990128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127134.95/cwt130.00–140.001,5215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272146.95/cwt143.00–153.001,8696
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,398134.72/cwt130.00–140.001,8832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0202,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4082,375.31/head2,350.00–2,400.002,3752

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.