Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
315 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 324▼ 64 vs year ago 379 · −16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 68▲ 0 vs year ago 36 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 4▼ 9 vs year ago 19 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-8.00 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 $120.01/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$120.01
42 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.39
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526121.5664035
Medium and Large 2440112.274947thin
One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about $145 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
120.01
—
MS average13 barns · 1,071 hd
127.40
−7.39
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24253.9167010
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06936.1938726

Every lot

47 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2180117.00/cwt117.00–117.002111
Steers—Medium and Large 2220115.00/cwt115.00–115.002531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 2285110.00/cwt110.00–110.003141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380158.48/cwt158.00–159.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 2400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415150.99/cwt144.00–157.006273
Steers—Medium and Large 2455125.54/cwt122.00–129.005712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478149.63/cwt144.00–154.007153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521149.34/cwt146.00–156.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563136.32/cwt132.00–144.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 2575128.97/cwt128.00–130.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619134.43/cwt127.00–142.008325
Steers—Medium and Large 2628122.57/cwt120.00–125.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 2665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695126.00/cwt126.00–126.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280128.00/cwt128.00–128.003581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285142.00/cwt142.00–142.004051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305133.07/cwt129.00–137.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385138.51/cwt138.00–139.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430129.58/cwt123.00–134.005575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471125.22/cwt122.00–128.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473104.47/cwt100.00–108.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521119.22/cwt115.00–126.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570118.14/cwt110.00–123.006737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624117.59/cwt114.00–123.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678106.03/cwt105.00–107.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722105.58/cwt102.00–111.007623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335149.58/cwt144.00–155.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365164.58/cwt150.00–173.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380117.71/cwt107.00–129.004472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415147.17/cwt142.00–150.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460104.50/cwt104.00–105.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473134.81/cwt130.00–140.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550123.00/cwt123.00–123.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625107.58/cwt105.00–110.006722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94016.00/cwt16.00–16.001501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07437.00/cwt20.00–54.0039725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24253.91/cwt47.00–57.0067010
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2301

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.