Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-08-03

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 87▼ 69 vs year ago 150 · −46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 9▼ 6 vs year ago 26 · −23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 4 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly 3.00to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. 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 $365.26/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +57.41 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$365.26
9 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542372.472,0174thin
Medium and Large 1-2581362.502,1063thin
Medium and Large 2548355.001,9442thin
One grade step is worth $17.47/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale9 hd
365.26
—
MS average13 barns · 125 hd
364.02
+1.24
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+57.41
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,234174.772,15612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,510158.002,3861thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average982136.881,3455thin

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 CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,5001thin

Every lot

40 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483403.46/cwt385.00–422.501,9492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0271
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580383.48/cwt375.00–390.002,2245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4864
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,6471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315415.00/cwt400.00–430.001,3072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380415.13/cwt410.00–420.001,5772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423407.19/cwt400.00–415.001,7222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475345.32/cwt330.00–355.001,6403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535347.36/cwt340.00–355.001,8582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9491
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2571
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1175617.50/cwt617.50–617.501,0811
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280547.50/cwt547.50–547.501,5332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323521.17/cwt490.00–547.501,6833
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,6651
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411444.36/cwt412.50–470.001,8267
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477403.32/cwt400.00–405.001,9243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518385.02/cwt380.00–390.001,9942
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565359.91/cwt355.00–365.002,0332
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1063
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4243
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%908124.32/cwt115.00–133.001,1292
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032145.26/cwt144.00–147.001,4993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218171.03/cwt163.00–177.002,0836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249178.50/cwt178.00–179.002,2296
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,3861
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19752,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.