Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-01-29

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 275▲ 150 vs year ago 107 · +140.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 19 vs year ago 16 · +118.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 6▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold higher $10 - $20. Heifers sold higher $5 - $10. Slaughter cow and bulls sold higher $2 - $5.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $243.55/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$243.55
73 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418265.121,10931
Medium and Large 2494234.271,1574thin
Medium and Large 1-2604226.941,37238
One grade step is worth $38.18/cwt here — about −$263 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
243.55
—
MS average13 barns · 1,271 hd
238.87
+4.68
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—High1,601126.102,0197thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,463116.301,7013thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174108.851,2787thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02989.2491810

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,011$1,2355
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,1751thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1269317.34/cwt312.50–325.008545
Steers—Medium and Large 1320315.18/cwt312.50–317.501,0093
Steers—Medium and Large 1362305.85/cwt300.00–310.001,1073
Steers—Medium and Large 2393287.48/cwt285.00–290.001,1302
Steers—Medium and Large 1415297.18/cwt292.00–300.001,2334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4214
Steers—Medium and Large 1525266.69/cwt265.00–269.001,4003
Steers—Medium and Large 1555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5749
Steers—Medium and Large 1653250.98/cwt246.00–256.001,6392
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275301.89/cwt300.00–302.508304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315288.59/cwt282.50–292.509097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369277.38/cwt270.00–286.001,0246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385259.00/cwt259.00–259.009971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428265.81/cwt262.00–272.501,1383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476244.33/cwt240.00–252.001,1634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485236.03/cwt233.00–239.001,1452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541239.67/cwt239.00–240.001,2973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572232.77/cwt228.00–234.001,33115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,42213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,0261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365300.25/cwt294.00–306.001,0962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2393272.42/cwt260.00–285.001,0712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530254.97/cwt254.00–256.001,3512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550260.50/cwt257.00–264.001,4332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560246.50/cwt245.00–248.001,3802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1677235.54/cwt230.00–246.001,5953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,486124.14/cwt120.00–128.001,8455
Bulls——1,888131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,4732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02989.24/cwt81.00–99.0091810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174108.85/cwt100.00–115.001,2787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463116.30/cwt111.00–121.001,7013
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19001,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0111,234.62/head1,000.00–1,450.001,2355
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0251,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501

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.