Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-06-15

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
334 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 248▲ 334 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 29▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 4▲ 17 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 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.55/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$120.55
76 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549121.0866454
Medium and Large 2473119.2556422
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about $101 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 sale76 hd
120.55
—
MS average13 barns · 999 hd
124.22
−3.67
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—Average1,28083.001,0622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25167.0883928
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99751.9451820

Every lot

50 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318160.99/cwt160.00–162.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368147.68/cwt143.00–153.005435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420146.54/cwt143.00–150.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489136.00/cwt131.00–143.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523136.50/cwt131.00–145.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563140.53/cwt139.00–142.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610128.51/cwt123.00–134.507843
Steers—Medium and Large 2635113.50/cwt110.00–117.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-370790.00/cwt90.00–90.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735122.00/cwt122.00–122.008972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260145.00/cwt145.00–145.003771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2307130.40/cwt128.00–132.004005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316142.58/cwt136.00–148.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369126.12/cwt122.00–130.004655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378143.59/cwt139.00–148.005432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473117.96/cwt107.00–125.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476125.44/cwt118.00–130.005979
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505111.51/cwt110.00–113.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530116.69/cwt112.00–121.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570111.02/cwt110.00–112.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583116.17/cwt110.00–122.006776
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600108.00/cwt108.00–108.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623117.48/cwt108.00–120.0073225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-268590.00/cwt90.00–90.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2712108.50/cwt108.50–108.507734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325128.98/cwt121.00–138.004192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2331147.01/cwt143.00–149.004875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2366145.85/cwt140.00–151.005347
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425140.68/cwt133.00–148.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435123.00/cwt123.00–123.005351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469137.87/cwt135.00–140.006478
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515132.07/cwt128.00–138.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567127.67/cwt127.00–128.007243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577112.38/cwt105.00–122.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 264092.00/cwt92.00–92.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673106.42/cwt102.00–111.007162
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 344575.00/cwt75.00–75.003343
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 350071.00/cwt71.00–71.003555
Dairy Steers—Large 360069.00/cwt69.00–69.004144
Dairy Steers—Large 380559.00/cwt59.00–59.004755
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0181
Bulls——1,39079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76025.00/cwt25.00–25.001901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00953.36/cwt35.00–62.0053819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25167.08/cwt58.00–74.0083928
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,295875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,3311

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.