Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 191▲ 303 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 31▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $148.79/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$148.79
115 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478159.1976256
Medium and Large 3478146.507002thin
Medium and Large 2492138.706824thin
Medium and Large 1652138.6690453
One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale115 hd
148.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,567 hd
155.86
−7.06
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—Average1,58571.501,1332thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99338.453823thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average95034.003231thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2195172.50/cwt172.50–172.503361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2250177.50/cwt177.50–177.504441
Steers—Medium and Large 1305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2317168.32/cwt166.00–170.005343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2362175.95/cwt169.00–178.006378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421161.08/cwt152.00–165.006784
Steers—Medium and Large 3430163.00/cwt163.00–163.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473159.51/cwt156.00–162.007544
Steers—Medium and Large 2480141.41/cwt137.00–146.006792
Steers—Medium and Large 2503136.00/cwt135.00–137.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516159.52/cwt154.00–160.0082327
Steers—Medium and Large 3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 1586145.47/cwt143.50–146.0085219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612132.63/cwt128.00–135.008126
Steers—Medium and Large 1646135.09/cwt134.25–139.0087316
Steers—Medium and Large 1650134.50/cwt134.50–134.508741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660133.50/cwt133.50–133.508812
Steers—Medium and Large 1715136.00/cwt136.00–136.009727
Steers—Medium and Large 1765132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0104
Steers—Medium and Large 1816125.79/cwt125.00–127.501,0265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275149.67/cwt149.00–150.004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325115.00/cwt115.00–115.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332143.05/cwt138.00–148.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373134.27/cwt123.00–138.005015
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426134.03/cwt128.00–139.005716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474131.30/cwt126.00–139.006227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523129.96/cwt125.00–138.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 355090.00/cwt90.00–90.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552128.66/cwt126.00–133.007103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554128.50/cwt128.50–128.5071216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618107.53/cwt105.00–110.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659119.50/cwt119.50–119.507884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725100.46/cwt95.00–106.007282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320175.00/cwt175.00–175.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418156.92/cwt155.00–159.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478130.00/cwt130.00–130.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490129.50/cwt128.00–131.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577127.64/cwt120.00–132.007363
Bulls—Medium and Large 371590.00/cwt90.00–90.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 3755103.00/cwt103.00–103.007781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40568.00/cwt68.00–68.009551
Bulls——1,76575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95034.00/cwt34.00–34.003231
Cows—Lean 85-90%99338.45/cwt33.00–45.003823

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.