Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2023-08-28

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 193▼ 174 vs year ago 324 · −53.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 48▲ 20 vs year ago 16 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mostly steady, heifers sold steady to 5 lower, slaughter cows sold steady to 6 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.33/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$243.33
65 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$812
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2683248.391,69627
Medium and Large 1514245.991,26328
Medium and Large 2398222.2388410thin
One grade step is worth $26.16/cwt here — about $812 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 sale65 hd
243.33
—
MS average13 barns · 890 hd
242.77
+0.56
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%Average1,255100.731,26413
CowsLean 85-90%Average97285.0082616

Every lot

36 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 1228280.38/cwt275.00–285.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 1273274.68/cwt270.00–280.007502
Steers—Medium and Large 2280225.18/cwt220.00–230.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 2313215.60/cwt200.00–230.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 1323272.56/cwt260.00–280.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 2430232.04/cwt230.00–235.009983
Steers—Medium and Large 1458243.97/cwt242.00–246.001,1172
Steers—Medium and Large 2475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 1508233.75/cwt230.00–241.001,1873
Steers—Medium and Large 2513217.32/cwt210.00–225.001,1152
Steers—Medium and Large 1566235.58/cwt220.00–247.001,3335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582258.84/cwt246.00–267.001,5065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620252.95/cwt231.00–264.001,56813
Steers—Medium and Large 1625239.15/cwt232.00–244.001,4953
Steers—Medium and Large 1667226.28/cwt210.00–241.001,5093
Steers—Medium and Large 1713231.52/cwt230.00–233.001,6512
Steers—Medium and Large 1758230.42/cwt222.00–239.001,7472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9569
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230259.89/cwt255.00–265.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321227.60/cwt220.00–235.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323204.65/cwt200.00–210.006612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385221.50/cwt210.00–233.008532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505230.52/cwt227.50–235.001,16410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528212.90/cwt210.00–219.001,1243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555213.51/cwt212.00–215.001,1852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315250.00/cwt250.00–250.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315237.50/cwt237.50–237.507481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383230.95/cwt223.00–239.008852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413224.92/cwt222.00–228.009293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483228.49/cwt227.00–230.001,1042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97285.00/cwt78.00–92.0082616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255100.73/cwt93.00–108.001,26413

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.