Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-02-23

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 23
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 138▲ 37 vs year ago 41 · +90.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 18▲ 20 vs year ago 4 · +500.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls were not well tested. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $365.74/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits −3.24 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$365.74
3 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$594
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$98.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−34.26
vs MS average
−64.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563398.612,2442thin
Medium and Large 3550300.001,6501thin
One grade step is worth $98.61/cwt here — about $594 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale3 hd
365.74
—
MS average14 barns · 185 hd
400.00
−34.26
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−64.67
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
−3.24
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—Average2,230211.004,7051thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,357168.842,2918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,139137.901,5707thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,222$3,7502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,243$2,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$3,6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,370$3,2251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$2,5094thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285653.60/cwt645.00–662.501,8632
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328644.30/cwt627.50–662.502,1135
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,2391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424549.39/cwt515.00–570.002,3295
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520491.28/cwt475.00–505.002,5553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,5852
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,8521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371482.00/cwt467.50–512.501,7884
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418467.10/cwt445.00–490.001,9522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485442.55/cwt440.00–445.002,1462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563398.61/cwt392.50–405.002,2442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,3414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637370.77/cwt362.50–377.502,3623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655367.48/cwt365.00–370.002,4072
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4925
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285612.50/cwt612.50–612.501,7461
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4321
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,8411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3981
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2071
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3751
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2900300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,230211.00/cwt211.00–211.004,7051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,124142.98/cwt137.00–147.001,6075
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175125.19/cwt120.00–129.001,4712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357168.84/cwt165.00–174.002,2918
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,675.00/head3,675.00–3,675.003,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3703,225.00/head3,225.00–3,225.003,2251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2223,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2432,350.35/head1,875.00–2,750.002,3502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1782,509.16/head2,200.00–2,650.002,5094

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.