Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-08-10

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 81▼ 14 vs year ago 116 · −12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 20▲ 14 vs year ago 13 · +107.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 1▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $307.85/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $307.85.
Average price
$307.85
16 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$821
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$146.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−48.08
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528384.372,0297thin
Medium and Large 2555335.001,8591thin
Medium and Large 3509237.501,2098thin
One grade step is worth $146.87/cwt here — about $821 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 sale16 hd
307.85
—
MS average13 barns · 141 hd
355.93
−48.08
This barn, trailing median3 sales
307.85
+0.00
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—Average1,648203.963,3612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,264171.672,17113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,655145.002,4001thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average987137.271,35410

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,5501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,3262thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$3,0251thin

Every lot

41 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340485.71/cwt475.00–500.001,6513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377458.52/cwt435.00–477.501,7293
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523389.57/cwt380.00–400.002,0372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2933
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2541
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3741
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377447.04/cwt425.00–457.501,6855
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417434.67/cwt415.00–450.001,8135
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437373.11/cwt360.00–385.001,6303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy438475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476414.45/cwt407.50–422.501,9735
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,8151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563366.22/cwt360.00–372.502,0622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2191
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305539.06/cwt520.00–557.501,6442
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360483.52/cwt422.50–522.501,7416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433453.50/cwt440.00–467.501,9644
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7731
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474364.11/cwt340.00–375.001,7264
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3509237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2098
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512391.63/cwt372.50–410.002,0055
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8591
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568366.22/cwt365.00–367.502,0802
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,648203.96/cwt200.00–208.003,3612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%896118.78/cwt110.00–127.001,0644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047149.59/cwt137.50–168.001,5666
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135159.44/cwt159.00–160.001,8102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241170.89/cwt167.00–175.002,1218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,413181.92/cwt178.00–185.002,5713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1402,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2052,326.04/head2,075.00–2,625.002,3262
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2753,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251

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.