Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-07-27

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 160▲ 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 32▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 3 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 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.64/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$127.64
105 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2636132.0484036
Medium and Large 2634129.788227thin
Medium and Large 1821125.001,02661
Medium and Large 2-3530115.006101thin
One grade step is worth $17.04/cwt here — about $231 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 sale105 hd
127.64
—
MS average13 barns · 1,212 hd
140.01
−12.37
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—Average1,54190.401,3935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08061.5966515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02853.195479thin

Every lot

49 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 1-2335141.00/cwt141.00–141.004721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526141.63/cwt140.00–146.0074510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Steers—Medium and Large 2540134.50/cwt134.00–135.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 2578130.71/cwt129.00–132.507562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608130.67/cwt128.00–132.007943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed721127.50/cwt127.50–127.5091918
Steers—Medium and Large 2733126.01/cwt122.00–128.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
Steers—Medium and Large 1821125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,02661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330138.26/cwt134.00–144.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360143.00/cwt143.00–143.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373130.10/cwt125.00–135.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410134.33/cwt132.00–136.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475123.89/cwt119.00–129.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520120.65/cwt118.00–122.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559122.21/cwt117.00–123.506835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673114.27/cwt111.00–118.007693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283292.00/cwt92.00–92.0076512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-295080.00/cwt80.00–80.007601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340161.00/cwt161.00–161.005471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379148.56/cwt142.00–160.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420135.36/cwt128.00–139.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475127.12/cwt124.00–132.006048
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522124.32/cwt120.00–133.0064910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566118.95/cwt115.00–125.006735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610116.00/cwt116.00–116.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615116.00/cwt116.00–116.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700114.00/cwt114.00–114.007981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1081
Bulls——1,59392.25/cwt90.00–94.001,4704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02853.19/cwt43.00–59.005479
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08061.59/cwt56.00–70.0066515
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,3261

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.