Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-10

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 0▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.02/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$167.02
28 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.12
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2411171.0770221
Medium and Large 2427154.856627thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $40 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 sale28 hd
167.02
—
MS average12 barns · 940 hd
172.13
−5.12
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%Average1,16963.547434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94044.894222thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2243179.97/cwt177.50–182.504372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263176.36/cwt172.50–180.004642
Steers—Medium and Large 2275167.50/cwt167.50–167.504611
Steers—Medium and Large 2313155.96/cwt155.00–157.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338167.82/cwt157.00–177.005673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365180.04/cwt179.00–181.006572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429176.08/cwt173.00–179.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 2450163.00/cwt163.00–163.007341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480164.35/cwt159.00–168.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515166.31/cwt164.00–168.008563
Steers—Medium and Large 2528148.28/cwt142.00–155.007832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560159.00/cwt159.00–159.008901
Steers—Medium and Large 2585145.00/cwt145.00–145.008481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605161.00/cwt161.00–161.009741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280143.88/cwt140.00–147.504032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310146.45/cwt140.00–152.504542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322146.12/cwt142.50–151.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372146.36/cwt145.00–147.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470141.43/cwt135.00–147.006655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540131.00/cwt131.00–131.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575138.03/cwt135.00–140.007943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705128.00/cwt128.00–128.009021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333145.19/cwt140.00–150.004832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365172.00/cwt172.00–172.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430167.00/cwt167.00–167.007181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94044.89/cwt38.00–52.004222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16963.54/cwt62.00–66.007434

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.