Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2023-01-09

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 9
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 125▲ 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 25▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last sale slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 8 higher feeder steers\heifers 7 to 12 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.62/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$170.62
86 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.82
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500181.8690928
Medium and Large 1712165.501,17856
Medium and Large 2553156.508652thin
One grade step is worth $25.36/cwt here — about $44 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 sale86 hd
170.62
—
MS average7 barns · 906 hd
186.44
−15.82
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—Average2,03899.112,0202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15061.657093thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96736.333513thin

Every lot

42 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 1-2225190.00/cwt190.00–190.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2261203.23/cwt196.00–208.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333215.98/cwt207.00–218.007195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370217.00/cwt217.00–217.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475184.54/cwt171.00–189.008776
Steers—Medium and Large 2505158.00/cwt158.00–158.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570169.00/cwt169.00–169.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 2600155.00/cwt155.00–155.009301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605165.00/cwt165.00–165.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670155.96/cwt153.00–159.001,0452
Steers—Medium and Large 1712165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,17856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2956123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2208143.83/cwt137.50–150.002992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295150.00/cwt150.00–150.004431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427145.38/cwt135.00–159.006217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450154.00/cwt154.00–154.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483124.34/cwt119.00–129.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525143.99/cwt135.00–150.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563139.00/cwt138.00–140.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612134.53/cwt128.00–142.008236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706144.07/cwt136.00–145.251,0178
Heifers—Medium and Large 281596.00/cwt96.00–96.007821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2920100.00/cwt100.00–100.009201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395185.00/cwt185.00–185.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450166.00/cwt166.00–166.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525156.00/cwt150.00–162.008192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530149.00/cwt149.00–149.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595140.50/cwt136.00–145.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610157.00/cwt157.00–157.009581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655145.00/cwt145.00–145.009501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710131.24/cwt114.00–147.009323
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,03899.11/cwt97.00–101.002,0202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86520.00/cwt20.00–20.001731
Cows—Lean 85-90%87532.00/cwt32.00–32.002801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15061.65/cwt57.00–64.007093
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16057.00/cwt57.00–57.006611

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.