Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 157▼ 117 vs year ago 181 · −64.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 25▼ 61 vs year ago 64 · −95.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

not enough cattle to call a trend

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.61/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$143.61
13 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.42
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2382143.6154813thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
143.61
—
MS average13 barns · 905 hd
132.19
+11.42
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—Average1,29086.501,1161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99859.575952thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335178.97/cwt178.00–180.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374175.87/cwt172.00–180.006585
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715126.00/cwt126.00–126.009011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2190165.00/cwt165.00–165.003141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335151.96/cwt150.00–154.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375148.36/cwt147.00–150.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432135.00/cwt128.00–145.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,29086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99859.57/cwt56.50–62.505952

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.