Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-31

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 31
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 282▲ 61 vs year ago 230 · +26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 24▲ 2 vs year ago 30 · +6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 9 higher feeder steers\heifers 3 to 6 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.70/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$146.70
73 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$4.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507147.7375056
Medium and Large 2375143.3053717thin
One grade step is worth $4.43/cwt here — about $213 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
146.70
—
MS average13 barns · 1,177 hd
140.82
+5.87
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—Average1,31983.641,1033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23672.0589119
CowsLean 85-90%Average95453.155075thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2278152.56/cwt147.00–160.004245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2284175.39/cwt170.00–182.004984
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323177.79/cwt170.00–183.005746
Steers—Medium and Large 2323134.61/cwt125.00–145.004352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2359179.78/cwt178.00–181.006454
Steers—Medium and Large 2430149.66/cwt130.00–162.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444174.86/cwt170.00–181.0077617
Steers—Medium and Large 2485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511163.93/cwt155.00–167.008388
Steers—Medium and Large 2533148.03/cwt142.00–154.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573151.02/cwt149.00–155.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623139.30/cwt134.00–144.008683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656147.00/cwt147.00–147.0096411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2195175.00/cwt175.00–175.003411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2210145.12/cwt137.00–152.503052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263142.43/cwt140.00–145.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270160.69/cwt160.00–162.004343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381147.50/cwt145.00–150.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383161.09/cwt150.00–165.0061714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400139.00/cwt136.00–142.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425143.65/cwt140.00–150.006117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466137.59/cwt135.00–140.006415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485154.78/cwt147.00–155.5075111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528135.53/cwt130.00–142.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576147.50/cwt147.50–147.508507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615133.00/cwt133.00–133.008181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742133.50/cwt133.50–133.509917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873102.94/cwt100.00–106.008992
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373177.27/cwt168.00–182.006615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423164.00/cwt162.00–165.006943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477154.99/cwt153.00–157.007393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478139.54/cwt138.00–141.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505127.00/cwt127.00–127.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518143.03/cwt142.00–145.007413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635138.00/cwt138.00–138.008761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680128.00/cwt128.00–128.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725130.51/cwt130.00–131.009462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00070.00/cwt70.00–70.007001
Bulls——1,47890.46/cwt84.00–96.001,3372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95453.15/cwt49.00–56.005075
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23672.05/cwt56.00–80.0089119
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035860.00/cwt860.00–860.008,9011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,5401

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.