Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-09

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
352 head
▲ 191 vs last sale 161▲ 101 vs year ago 251 · +40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 9▼ 63 vs year ago 86 · −73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 2 to 4 higher feeder steers\heifers 2 to 6 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.97/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$145.97
73 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$5.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.01
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555147.2081743
Medium and Large 1594146.5687116thin
Medium and Large 2456141.5264514thin
One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $171 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 sale73 hd
145.97
—
MS average13 barns · 1,298 hd
150.98
−5.01
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—Average1,78088.541,5763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15666.737717thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91950.5946510

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240152.00/cwt152.00–152.003651
Steers—Medium and Large 2265143.77/cwt138.00–150.003812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320173.00/cwt173.00–173.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 2335164.00/cwt164.00–164.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365177.00/cwt177.00–177.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421164.87/cwt160.00–167.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 2430152.00/cwt152.00–152.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 2479139.14/cwt126.00–150.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487158.93/cwt153.00–168.007743
Steers—Medium and Large 2505139.26/cwt125.00–145.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525155.82/cwt148.00–160.008185
Steers—Medium and Large 1570150.00/cwt150.00–150.0085511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583143.85/cwt138.00–150.0083911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620135.38/cwt130.00–145.008396
Steers—Medium and Large 1642139.00/cwt139.00–139.008923
Steers—Medium and Large 1657139.00/cwt139.00–139.009132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666132.94/cwt127.50–143.008858
Steers—Medium and Large 2675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273138.95/cwt138.00–140.003792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337143.69/cwt141.00–148.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372143.27/cwt138.00–146.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415135.29/cwt128.00–139.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470132.86/cwt130.00–137.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477115.71/cwt112.00–120.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503160.00/cwt160.00–160.008056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518133.43/cwt127.00–138.0069110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540119.00/cwt119.00–119.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555129.50/cwt129.00–130.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579130.63/cwt125.00–136.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618123.68/cwt118.00–130.007644
Heifers—Medium and Large 265397.47/cwt90.00–105.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426155.04/cwt150.00–165.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435118.50/cwt110.00–127.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490148.00/cwt148.00–148.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550134.00/cwt134.00–134.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568135.98/cwt135.00–137.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620124.33/cwt117.00–136.007713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670118.42/cwt115.00–122.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670118.00/cwt118.00–118.007911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78088.54/cwt87.00–91.001,5763
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83542.56/cwt40.00–45.003552
Cows—Lean 85-90%94052.60/cwt44.00–64.004948
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15666.73/cwt62.00–73.007717

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.