Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-07-20

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 277▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 26▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows 3 to 4 lower bulls steady feeder steers 4 to 8 higher heifers steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.47/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$124.47
39 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.63
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494125.4162033
Medium and Large 2474119.325656thin
One grade step is worth $6.08/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 sale39 hd
124.47
—
MS average13 barns · 796 hd
121.84
+2.63
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—Average1,65685.121,4105thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20859.9272413
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02040.014089thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
Steers—Medium and Large 2400139.00/cwt138.00–140.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424154.54/cwt153.00–156.006554
Steers—Medium and Large 1428155.50/cwt155.50–155.506665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475147.61/cwt145.00–149.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 2483131.45/cwt128.00–135.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2513131.00/cwt128.00–133.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520141.20/cwt134.00–149.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573134.00/cwt133.00–135.007683
Steers—Medium and Large 2595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635127.67/cwt123.00–132.008113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680131.48/cwt130.00–133.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755125.50/cwt125.50–125.509481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345132.00/cwt132.00–132.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388132.51/cwt132.00–133.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390120.99/cwt120.00–122.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433130.91/cwt125.00–132.005679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470129.11/cwt125.00–133.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515127.00/cwt125.00–129.006547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522117.32/cwt116.00–118.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584116.11/cwt112.00–122.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625107.97/cwt106.00–110.006752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310162.00/cwt162.00–162.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2350166.00/cwt166.00–166.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380138.97/cwt137.00–141.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420129.14/cwt122.00–137.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423142.84/cwt138.00–153.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484138.25/cwt137.00–140.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490132.97/cwt130.00–136.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518121.45/cwt120.00–123.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565116.25/cwt112.00–122.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623106.94/cwt102.00–110.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Bulls—Medium and Large 267090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-278592.00/cwt92.00–92.007221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23574.00/cwt74.00–74.009141
Bulls——1,47581.24/cwt78.00–84.001,1982
Bulls——2,04894.57/cwt90.00–98.001,9372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91324.35/cwt18.00–30.002223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07347.84/cwt45.00–50.005136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20859.92/cwt54.00–64.0072413
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,1501

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.