Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-07-13

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 140▲ 45 vs year ago 78 · +57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 9▼ 7 vs year ago 16 · −43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 11 vs year ago 14 · −78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold very uneven and feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 12.00 lower. 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 $389.60/cwt on 18 head, up $1.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +20.62 against this barn's trailing median of $368.98.
Average price
$389.60
▲ 1.94 vs prior sale
18 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.77
vs MS average
−6.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502393.321,9743thin
Medium and Large 1-2561388.852,18115thin
One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale18 hd
389.60
—
MS average14 barns · 307 hd
394.37
−4.77
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−6.45
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.98
+20.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405173.002,4311thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,064139.291,4824thin

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
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$1,5773thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365495.00/cwt482.50–507.501,8072
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418472.05/cwt457.50–487.501,9732
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,1041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3166
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563425.04/cwt415.00–435.002,3932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580416.74/cwt411.00–428.002,41715
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5921
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368438.79/cwt437.50–440.001,6152
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420433.44/cwt425.00–442.501,8202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423404.85/cwt400.00–410.001,7132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480404.95/cwt400.00–410.001,9442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502393.32/cwt390.00–400.001,9743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561388.85/cwt375.00–394.002,18115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,3055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412487.41/cwt475.00–502.502,0083
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2412472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,9474
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435452.44/cwt447.50–457.501,9682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472415.36/cwt385.00–432.501,9603
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0704
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490445.35/cwt441.00–450.002,1823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523419.08/cwt405.00–440.002,1923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535383.75/cwt370.00–397.502,0532
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575366.12/cwt362.50–370.002,1052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0131
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1961
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613362.51/cwt360.00–365.002,2222
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057147.38/cwt145.00–149.001,5583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4311
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18701,577.35/head1,400.00–1,750.001,5773

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.