Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-05-18

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 46▲ 78 vs year ago 141 · +55.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 14▲ 13 vs year ago 10 · +130.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 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 sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.07/cwt on 11 head, down $37.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +20.94 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$427.07
▼ 37.16 vs prior sale
11 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.15
vs MS average
−47.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532437.502,3284thin
Medium and Large 1539425.462,2956thin
Medium and Large 2565395.002,2321thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
427.07
—
MS average13 barns · 372 hd
445.22
−18.15
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
−47.41
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
+20.94
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

10 sales
479429380331median 406.1303/3005/2509/0709/2811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $344.61, median $406.13 across 10 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—Average1,215199.002,4181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,280184.802,36511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488171.962,5592thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average964163.781,5795thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,3501thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2301
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288503.67/cwt457.50–547.501,4512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318566.03/cwt552.50–577.501,8003
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,6771
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,08111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382543.68/cwt527.50–575.002,0773
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410474.26/cwt455.00–485.001,9443
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416510.88/cwt492.50–522.502,12510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431517.51/cwt497.50–547.502,2304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475492.64/cwt472.50–510.002,3406
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,33213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483433.58/cwt400.00–467.502,0942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529427.75/cwt412.50–455.002,2634
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,3284
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560420.87/cwt400.00–442.502,3572
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730377.25/cwt377.25–377.252,75464
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730368.08/cwt362.50–380.002,6874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,5411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365463.58/cwt457.50–470.001,6922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,8108
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,4331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410462.45/cwt460.00–465.001,8963
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,1131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,2763
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,4081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,215199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,4181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%964163.78/cwt153.00–174.001,5795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269182.04/cwt180.00–184.002,3107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298189.62/cwt186.00–199.002,4614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488171.96/cwt170.00–174.002,5592
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.