Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-10-11

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 148▼ 40 vs year ago 201 · −19.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 24▲ 18 vs year ago 25 · +72.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 8 higher feeder steers\heifers 5 to 10 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.15/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$116.15
31 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.26
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484117.8057126
Medium and Large 2357107.553845thin
One grade step is worth $10.25/cwt here — about $187 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 sale31 hd
116.15
—
MS average13 barns · 1,209 hd
124.41
−8.26
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—Average1,61478.291,2647thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26057.8172812
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02644.7045813

Every lot

37 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395143.00/cwt143.00–143.005651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471137.72/cwt135.00–141.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535146.00/cwt146.00–146.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568138.98/cwt132.00–144.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690131.50/cwt131.50–131.509072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310120.98/cwt120.00–122.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320101.59/cwt100.00–105.003253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380120.52/cwt119.00–122.004582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434123.66/cwt120.00–130.005377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435118.00/cwt118.00–118.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470117.98/cwt115.00–121.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524115.65/cwt112.00–120.006067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633113.92/cwt110.00–118.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-278595.00/cwt95.00–95.007461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320125.00/cwt125.00–125.004001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370145.42/cwt142.00–147.005383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473130.26/cwt124.00–137.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577116.02/cwt112.00–118.006693
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27576.00/cwt76.00–76.009691
Bulls——1,36056.00/cwt56.00–56.007621
Bulls——1,73383.20/cwt80.00–85.001,4425
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89830.08/cwt25.00–35.002703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06449.08/cwt38.00–57.0052210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26057.81/cwt52.00–63.0072812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2855510.00/cwt510.00–510.004,3611
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2975890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,6781
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085852.30/cwt800.00–900.009,2472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140720.00/cwt720.00–720.008,2081

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.