Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-06

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 6
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 250▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 31▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 7▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to previous report: Feeder steers and heifers 7.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.27/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$146.27
66 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.86
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492154.8976334
Medium and Large 2-3280145.004061thin
Medium and Large 2502137.7569112thin
Medium and Large 1735136.541,00418thin
Medium and Large 3560132.007391thin
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $23 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 sale66 hd
146.27
—
MS average7 barns · 410 hd
153.14
−6.86
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—Average1,50374.001,1123thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75047.528322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21843.895358thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99029.8229510

Every lot

60 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2235176.00/cwt176.00–176.004141
Steers—Medium and Large 2260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275176.39/cwt170.00–180.004855
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280145.00/cwt145.00–145.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 1310184.00/cwt184.00–184.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320173.59/cwt168.00–179.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 2358160.57/cwt157.00–164.005752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368172.15/cwt170.00–177.006346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420163.00/cwt163.00–163.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 2443141.01/cwt140.00–142.006252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450156.00/cwt156.00–156.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 2490138.00/cwt138.00–138.006761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513148.01/cwt144.00–150.007593
Steers—Medium and Large 2513131.90/cwt128.00–136.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555146.50/cwt146.50–146.508133
Steers—Medium and Large 2560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 3560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616140.25/cwt140.25–140.258647
Steers—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
Steers—Medium and Large 2650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738130.00/cwt130.00–130.009593
Steers—Medium and Large 1760133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,01717
Steers—Medium and Large 2805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840127.01/cwt125.00–129.001,0672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2190144.00/cwt144.00–144.002741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280147.99/cwt145.00–152.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285126.29/cwt125.00–127.503602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335148.80/cwt145.00–151.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350122.00/cwt122.00–122.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373139.83/cwt134.00–145.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416138.47/cwt135.00–144.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485127.71/cwt125.00–130.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513118.36/cwt115.00–120.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535117.48/cwt115.00–120.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665117.56/cwt115.00–120.007822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720113.00/cwt113.00–113.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755107.50/cwt107.00–108.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240166.00/cwt166.00–166.003981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365166.00/cwt166.00–166.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588115.00/cwt115.00–115.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19070.00/cwt70.00–70.008331
Bulls——1,66076.00/cwt74.00–79.001,2622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91218.65/cwt16.00–20.001703
Cows—Lean 85-90%96323.82/cwt20.00–28.002292
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04738.92/cwt34.00–42.004075
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21843.89/cwt42.00–48.005358
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75047.52/cwt46.00–49.008322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Large 1-2895725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,4891

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.