Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Macon Livestock Auction

Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 23

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 90▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 30▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 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 and heifers 7.00-16.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.55/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$121.55

16 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$5.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.07

vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	483	123.16	595	11thin
Medium and Large 2	458	118.00	540	5thin

One grade step is worth $5.16/cwt here — about $55 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 sale16 hd

121.55

—

MS average10 barns · 316 hd

118.47

+3.07

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,620	96.00	1,555	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,020	61.28	625	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	807	37.58	303	8thin

Every lot

18 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	390	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	541	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	120.33/cwt	118.00–122.00	541	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	125.95/cwt	115.00–131.00	579	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	603	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,620	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,555	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	695	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	35	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	813	27.20/cwt	25.00–30.00	221	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	827	48.24/cwt	40.00–55.00	399	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	61.28/cwt	47.00–69.00	625	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	11,214	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	9,648	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

Mon Mar 23, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 90Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 7.00-16.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	118.00–122.00	120.33
1	—	285	137.00	137.00
1	—	655	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	115.00–131.00	125.95
1	—	640	116.00	116.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	310	135.00	135.00
2	—	418	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	550	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	133.00	133.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,335.00	1,335.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	960.00	960.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	25.00–30.00	27.20
5	—	827	40.00–55.00	48.24
1	—	695	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,020	47.00–69.00	61.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	96.00	96.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.