Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2025-12-01

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 1
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 84▲ 41 vs year ago 138 · +29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 15▼ 2 vs year ago 21 · −9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold very unevenly. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested. Quality was average 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 $313.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −55.89 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$313.09
11 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.04
vs MS average
−57.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531327.361,7384thin
Medium and Large 1-2510325.001,6583thin
Medium and Large 2568289.881,6474thin
One grade step is worth $37.48/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
313.09
—
MS average7 barns · 106 hd
334.12
−21.04
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−57.36
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−55.89
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—Average1,624171.332,7823thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,189153.451,8254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average883129.681,1453thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3941
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485333.67/cwt330.00–337.501,6182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0741
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2116
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2328
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283387.46/cwt382.50–392.501,0972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328374.73/cwt370.00–380.001,2292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331351.57/cwt340.00–357.501,1644
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367370.40/cwt365.00–377.501,3593
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373347.25/cwt340.00–355.001,2952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4663
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423372.63/cwt365.00–385.001,5763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,5974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473306.62/cwt300.00–310.001,4503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513325.81/cwt325.00–327.501,6713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568289.88/cwt232.50–315.001,6474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635297.50/cwt292.50–302.501,8892
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,03820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668305.22/cwt303.00–307.502,0392
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,0381
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267474.95/cwt447.50–515.001,2686
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316463.09/cwt427.50–482.501,4635
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330377.27/cwt372.50–382.501,2452
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360377.78/cwt367.50–387.501,3602
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372408.34/cwt397.50–420.001,5193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410388.54/cwt380.00–397.501,5932
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410370.03/cwt367.50–372.501,5172
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417387.01/cwt380.00–393.001,6149
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478374.95/cwt370.00–380.001,7923
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530335.72/cwt320.00–352.501,7793
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574341.13/cwt327.50–355.001,95810
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3491
Bulls——1,673180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,0112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%883129.68/cwt120.00–140.001,1453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189153.45/cwt150.00–158.501,8254

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.