Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2019-10-14

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 14
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 225 vs last sale 338▲ 563 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 100▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week: feeder steers were 4 to 8 higher; feeder heifers were 2 to 4 lower; slaughter cows\bulls 5 to 10 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.31/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$130.31
192 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2663136.7690791
Medium and Large 1560125.8670574
Medium and Large 2503123.0161923
Medium and Large 3483108.045224thin
One grade step is worth $28.73/cwt here — about $386 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 sale192 hd
130.31
—
MS average13 barns · 1,380 hd
129.13
+1.18
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
Bulls—Average1,62565.751,0683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27447.2760218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33443.535814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00032.3832421

Every lot

85 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2225137.00/cwt137.00–137.003081
Steers—Medium and Large 1285153.00/cwt153.00–153.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 1324145.33/cwt140.00–152.004714
Steers—Medium and Large 2330131.02/cwt130.00–132.004322
Steers—Medium and Large 1360144.51/cwt144.00–145.005202
Steers—Medium and Large 3405122.00/cwt122.00–122.004941
Steers—Medium and Large 2428114.53/cwt110.00–118.004904
Steers—Medium and Large 1430132.25/cwt130.00–139.005694
Steers—Medium and Large 1467139.66/cwt137.00–145.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 3478107.57/cwt105.00–110.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 2490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 2523114.71/cwt110.00–120.006003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524140.00/cwt140.00–140.0073413
Steers—Medium and Large 1524130.66/cwt124.00–135.0068514
Steers—Medium and Large 2559129.00/cwt112.00–135.007219
Steers—Medium and Large 357095.00/cwt95.00–95.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1572123.50/cwt115.00–126.0070622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592125.00/cwt125.00–125.007406
Steers—Medium and Large 2610114.50/cwt114.00–115.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 1631116.93/cwt110.00–124.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 2670118.00/cwt118.00–118.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1675116.80/cwt110.00–122.0078818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689138.25/cwt138.25–138.2595365
Steers—Medium and Large 1708113.04/cwt109.00–117.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744127.00/cwt127.00–127.009457
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2293117.97/cwt115.00–121.003462
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310108.33/cwt105.00–110.003363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313122.08/cwt120.00–124.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364118.74/cwt112.00–125.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372108.41/cwt105.00–112.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 341892.19/cwt85.00–100.003852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427107.90/cwt102.00–113.004615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462106.53/cwt100.00–110.5049219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462103.68/cwt100.00–109.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 347893.68/cwt91.00–95.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529104.40/cwt100.00–105.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 253394.78/cwt90.00–105.0050518
Heifers—Medium and Large 354085.00/cwt85.00–85.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 155796.00/cwt92.00–100.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570109.00/cwt109.00–109.0062124
Heifers—Medium and Large 257188.95/cwt85.00–95.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 260095.00/cwt90.00–100.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 162696.54/cwt90.00–105.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 364285.07/cwt85.00–86.0054614
Heifers—Medium and Large 267585.00/cwt85.00–85.005741
Heifers—Medium and Large 168592.00/cwt92.00–92.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 272885.44/cwt80.00–91.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 275085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 190381.00/cwt80.00–82.007312
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,03573.00/cwt73.00–73.007561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322138.74/cwt132.00–145.004473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363136.21/cwt130.00–142.004942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378128.34/cwt125.00–132.004852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405105.00/cwt105.00–105.004251
Bulls—Medium 3405104.00/cwt104.00–104.004211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423126.99/cwt120.00–130.005375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457120.00/cwt120.00–120.005485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473111.22/cwt102.00–129.005266
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495106.00/cwt106.00–106.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522109.88/cwt108.00–112.0057411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538106.01/cwt103.00–110.005703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1557106.63/cwt103.00–112.005943
Bulls—Medium and Large 356897.53/cwt95.00–100.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2586101.99/cwt99.00–107.005984
Bulls—Medium and Large 263598.49/cwt97.00–100.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 266392.72/cwt85.00–104.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695103.00/cwt103.00–103.007161
Bulls—Medium and Large 271097.00/cwt97.00–97.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62565.75/cwt64.00–67.001,0683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82829.98/cwt28.00–32.002482
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83515.96/cwt10.00–22.001332
Cows—Lean 85-90%87518.00/cwt18.00–18.001581
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01040.80/cwt38.00–44.004128
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,08539.00/cwt39.00–39.004231
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09130.46/cwt28.00–34.003328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25354.05/cwt53.00–55.006773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27741.27/cwt40.00–43.005275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27948.24/cwt44.00–52.0061710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41745.04/cwt44.00–46.006383
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2885530.00/cwt530.00–530.004,6911

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.