Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-03-23

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 23
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 72▼ 5 vs year ago 88 · −5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 3▼ 10 vs year ago 26 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were not well tested but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $429.95/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +122.10 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$429.95
8 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.25
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538450.712,4263thin
Medium and Large 1-2563437.502,4633thin
Medium and Large 2572387.502,2172thin
One grade step is worth $63.21/cwt here — about $210 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 sale8 hd
429.95
—
MS average13 barns · 102 hd
426.71
+3.25
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+122.10
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—Average1,702204.573,4824thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,330170.652,2699thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$4,2501thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,9061
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540421.25/cwt400.00–442.502,2752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580431.53/cwt430.00–433.002,5032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678363.78/cwt355.00–372.502,4662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1183606.16/cwt600.00–612.501,1092
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215460.00/cwt460.00–460.009891
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,2581
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325499.53/cwt487.50–520.001,6233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,1976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283648.78/cwt600.00–685.001,8363
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300587.50/cwt587.50–587.501,7631
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,6351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363556.06/cwt537.00–585.002,0186
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405515.06/cwt510.00–520.002,0862
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520467.31/cwt447.50–487.502,4302
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,4633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,2172
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,4011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2652357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3314
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3291
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4801
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,655191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,1611
Bulls——1,718209.09/cwt201.00–214.503,5923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158160.38/cwt155.00–164.001,8574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,467178.87/cwt174.00–182.002,6245
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2904,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2501

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.