Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-09-14

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 251▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 39▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 9 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 3.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.60/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$124.60
42 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415126.6752531
Medium and Large 2439118.7752211thin
One grade step is worth $7.90/cwt here — about $4 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
124.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,037 hd
118.56
+6.04
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—Average1,33884.001,1242thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14855.866415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59045.007161thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08943.7647618

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275149.00/cwt149.00–149.004101
Steers—Medium and Large 2278130.50/cwt130.00–131.003632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320150.02/cwt144.00–156.004805
Steers—Medium and Large 2327129.38/cwt120.00–135.004233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373148.57/cwt147.00–150.005542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419152.97/cwt147.00–158.006414
Steers—Medium and Large 2420129.00/cwt129.00–129.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475141.64/cwt137.00–146.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 2488124.45/cwt121.00–128.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508145.52/cwt142.00–149.007392
Steers—Medium and Large 2526121.19/cwt117.00–127.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
Steers—Medium and Large 2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620131.00/cwt131.00–131.008121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278136.56/cwt135.00–142.003805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330134.61/cwt131.00–138.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369133.88/cwt127.00–139.004946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385123.52/cwt122.00–125.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412132.18/cwt130.00–137.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423119.90/cwt110.00–127.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474122.46/cwt119.00–129.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511113.98/cwt110.00–118.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520112.50/cwt110.00–115.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568102.97/cwt101.00–105.005852
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340143.97/cwt142.00–146.004892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378132.55/cwt125.00–138.005013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380143.04/cwt140.00–148.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424137.37/cwt131.00–141.005825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485126.47/cwt125.00–128.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513116.52/cwt115.00–118.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519115.25/cwt110.00–121.005984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565118.49/cwt118.00–119.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,07580.00/cwt80.00–80.008601
Bulls——1,60088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99528.00/cwt28.00–28.002791
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09444.69/cwt30.00–52.0048917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14855.86/cwt50.00–59.006415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59045.00/cwt45.00–45.007161
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,0631

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.