Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 179▲ 251 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 85▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 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 steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cow and bulls 7.00-10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.41/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$132.41
56 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.84
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419159.526684thin
Medium and Large 1-2550133.9473635
Medium and Large 2536122.8965917thin
One grade step is worth $36.63/cwt here — about $10 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 sale56 hd
132.41
—
MS average13 barns · 1,497 hd
138.25
−5.84
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—Average1,60485.651,3744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31957.8176332
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67751.738683thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09648.1752819

Every lot

51 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273152.04/cwt145.00–158.004152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320155.52/cwt155.00–156.004982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377145.98/cwt142.00–148.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 2380132.00/cwt132.00–132.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 2410129.00/cwt129.00–129.005291
Steers—Medium and Large 1419159.52/cwt158.00–161.006684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433140.49/cwt132.00–149.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472139.58/cwt137.00–144.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 2480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505143.50/cwt139.00–148.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2523124.90/cwt120.00–130.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 2567120.91/cwt115.00–124.006866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573135.26/cwt128.00–141.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 2622117.68/cwt117.00–118.007323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625122.39/cwt120.00–128.007655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780118.00/cwt118.00–118.009204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865111.49/cwt110.00–113.009642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215128.00/cwt128.00–128.002751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295121.00/cwt121.00–121.003571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343119.00/cwt119.00–119.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415127.00/cwt127.00–127.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432124.39/cwt122.00–128.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464123.20/cwt120.00–128.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483114.02/cwt108.00–118.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522121.76/cwt120.00–125.006369
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540110.67/cwt107.00–115.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563126.44/cwt124.00–129.007122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573116.26/cwt115.00–118.006664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608105.00/cwt105.00–105.006382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630111.32/cwt105.00–119.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665121.01/cwt120.00–122.008052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284597.00/cwt97.00–97.008201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320150.59/cwt145.00–156.004822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432136.84/cwt119.00–144.005916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463135.77/cwt130.00–143.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513114.70/cwt110.00–119.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565119.00/cwt119.00–119.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670115.40/cwt102.00–129.007732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60485.65/cwt83.00–89.001,3744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01530.00/cwt30.00–30.003052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10650.31/cwt26.00–58.0055617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31957.81/cwt50.00–66.0076332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67751.73/cwt49.00–54.008683
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,097659.64/cwt600.00–700.007,2362

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.