Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 230▲ 88 vs year ago 145 · +60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▼ 8 vs year ago 48 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▼ 2 vs year ago 4 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 4 to6 higher feeder steers\heifers 3 to 8 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.39/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$147.39
58 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.22
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501151.4175942
Medium and Large 2389136.8453216thin
One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about $227 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 sale58 hd
147.39
—
MS average13 barns · 988 hd
147.61
−0.22
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—Average1,62179.851,2944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17762.3573415
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97744.4043410

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2155110.00/cwt110.00–110.001711
Steers—Medium and Large 2210136.00/cwt130.00–142.002862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2215165.00/cwt165.00–165.003551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255172.00/cwt172.00–172.004391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318168.09/cwt165.00–171.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365174.00/cwt174.00–174.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2368151.48/cwt145.00–155.005573
Steers—Medium and Large 2415149.23/cwt140.00–159.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423166.14/cwt161.00–174.007035
Steers—Medium and Large 2470121.96/cwt118.00–126.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473159.29/cwt158.00–161.007537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505157.00/cwt157.00–157.007937
Steers—Medium and Large 2510121.00/cwt121.00–121.006173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560147.00/cwt128.00–151.008236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622127.03/cwt125.00–129.007903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223128.17/cwt125.00–131.002862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290134.00/cwt134.00–134.003891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325127.06/cwt118.00–137.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361128.76/cwt118.00–136.004657
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375119.88/cwt110.00–129.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422123.64/cwt118.00–129.005223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468121.66/cwt121.00–123.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470114.48/cwt105.00–121.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613111.07/cwt105.00–117.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285174.00/cwt174.00–174.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330170.67/cwt170.00–171.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381169.23/cwt166.00–172.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437142.03/cwt132.00–145.0062110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2453123.01/cwt121.00–125.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470133.37/cwt130.00–135.006273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525134.91/cwt132.00–137.0070811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563133.50/cwt128.00–137.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650103.00/cwt103.00–103.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720111.01/cwt110.00–112.007992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——89554.00/cwt54.00–54.004831
Bulls——1,86388.47/cwt80.00–96.001,6483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88032.00/cwt32.00–32.002821
Cows—Lean 85-90%93531.00/cwt31.00–31.002901
Cows—Lean 85-90%99447.62/cwt34.00–55.004738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17762.35/cwt54.00–70.0073415
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,8251

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.