Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2019-09-23

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 23
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
← earliestSep 23Sep 30 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 234 vs last sale 0▲ 234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 0▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 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 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.41/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$107.41
61 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium 2 over Medium 1-2
$18.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2358114.974114thin
Medium and Large 1-2527109.2457535
Medium and Large 1582103.8260410thin
Medium and Large 2547103.2556410thin
Medium 1580102.005921thin
Medium 1-257596.005521thin
One grade step is worth $18.97/cwt here — about −$141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale61 hd
107.41
—
MS average7 barns · 722 hd
116.46
−9.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20057.006841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08753.105778thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98645.7445122

Every lot

77 lots · USDA AMS · Macon Stockyard - Macon, 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2190150.00/cwt150.00–150.002851
Steers—Medium 2245116.00/cwt116.00–116.002841
Steers—Large 3255152.00/cwt152.00–152.003881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295152.00/cwt152.00–152.004481
Steers—Medium and Large 2300142.00/cwt142.00–142.004261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325154.94/cwt152.00–158.005043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Steers—Medium 2468119.73/cwt110.00–130.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470123.37/cwt114.00–130.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 1495135.00/cwt135.00–135.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520123.09/cwt120.00–126.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 2520107.00/cwt107.00–107.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1528117.75/cwt110.00–125.006222
Steers—Large 1530122.00/cwt122.00–122.006471
Steers—Medium and Large 1575113.00/cwt113.00–113.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584132.17/cwt122.00–133.5077215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 1710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
Steers—Large 1-272599.00/cwt99.00–99.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1770108.00/cwt108.00–108.008321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2260137.00/cwt137.00–137.003561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328129.53/cwt115.00–135.004254
Heifers—Medium 2335100.00/cwt100.00–100.003351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363125.62/cwt122.00–129.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390123.00/cwt123.00–123.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395131.00/cwt131.00–131.005171
Heifers—Medium 2418111.44/cwt108.00–115.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427126.05/cwt115.00–130.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471108.35/cwt100.00–115.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490104.51/cwt104.00–105.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 250582.00/cwt82.00–82.004141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521106.49/cwt104.00–110.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525109.07/cwt100.00–128.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 155090.00/cwt90.00–90.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575102.71/cwt99.00–106.005914
Heifers—Medium 1-257596.00/cwt96.00–96.005521
Heifers—Medium 1580102.00/cwt102.00–102.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 260899.32/cwt92.00–105.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618101.65/cwt99.00–104.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263097.88/cwt84.00–102.006177
Heifers—Medium and Large 166096.00/cwt96.00–96.006341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-266897.39/cwt88.00–107.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 271596.13/cwt90.00–102.006872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271891.98/cwt90.00–95.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 178589.00/cwt89.00–89.006991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310149.00/cwt149.00–149.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345157.00/cwt157.00–157.005421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350157.00/cwt157.00–157.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370135.07/cwt130.00–140.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420128.10/cwt110.00–141.0053810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422128.25/cwt121.00–134.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462114.62/cwt112.00–117.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470118.23/cwt110.00–127.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524107.09/cwt102.00–115.005618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543110.00/cwt110.00–110.005972
Bulls—Large 1-2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567107.76/cwt102.00–112.006116
Bulls—Medium and Large 162397.24/cwt92.00–105.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625101.68/cwt100.00–103.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665103.00/cwt103.00–103.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683104.44/cwt101.00–108.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270592.00/cwt92.00–92.006491
Bulls—Large 1-277087.00/cwt87.00–87.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 179081.00/cwt81.00–81.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 180581.00/cwt81.00–81.006521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98246.49/cwt46.00–50.0045717
Cows—Lean 85-90%99038.00/cwt38.00–38.003761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00344.50/cwt44.00–45.004464
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07953.54/cwt52.00–56.005787
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14050.00/cwt50.00–50.005701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20057.00/cwt57.00–57.006841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,3941

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.