Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-09-07

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 7
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 178▲ 251 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 60▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 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 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.02/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$118.02
42 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2668118.6579238
Medium and Large 2515112.045774thin
One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about $215 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 sale42 hd
118.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,268 hd
131.86
−13.85
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—Average1,57882.331,2993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27059.007498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01645.3146023

Every lot

43 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 1-2320142.64/cwt138.00–147.004562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393140.02/cwt137.00–143.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428147.27/cwt142.00–153.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 2480111.00/cwt111.00–111.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493123.99/cwt123.00–125.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520123.01/cwt120.00–126.006404
Steers—Medium and Large 2570102.07/cwt100.00–104.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623120.59/cwt116.00–126.007515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665114.00/cwt114.00–114.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715118.46/cwt115.00–122.008476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875105.08/cwt105.00–106.0091913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318133.01/cwt130.00–138.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430117.50/cwt113.00–122.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473112.71/cwt108.00–115.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543105.00/cwt105.00–105.005703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565108.03/cwt107.00–109.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 267591.00/cwt91.00–91.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679102.22/cwt100.00–105.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340153.00/cwt153.00–153.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340144.00/cwt144.00–144.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372143.71/cwt140.00–150.005353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420135.97/cwt133.00–139.005714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450118.00/cwt118.00–118.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463125.05/cwt122.00–128.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508120.69/cwt118.00–122.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590107.00/cwt100.00–114.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610106.00/cwt106.00–106.006471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2381
Bulls——1,52581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2351
Bulls——1,70084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89534.21/cwt32.00–36.003063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03446.98/cwt40.00–55.0048620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27059.00/cwt50.00–64.007498
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,025830.00/cwt830.00–830.008,5081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,285990.00/cwt990.00–990.0012,7221

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.