Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-03-11

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 11
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 95▲ 75 vs year ago 49 · +153.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 45▼ 3 vs year ago 18 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $10 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $5 - $10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.85/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −138.52 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.
Average price
$298.85
13 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.48
vs MS average
−17.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560300.001,6819thin
Medium and Large 1549296.261,6264thin
One grade step is worth $3.74/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
298.85
—
MS average12 barns · 207 hd
293.37
+5.48
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−17.22
This barn, trailing median17 sales
437.37
−138.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
475425376326median 437.3703/1605/0407/0609/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $460.75, low $340.02, median $437.37 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,370133.041,8233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,515117.001,7731thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low972112.891,0977thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,165$1,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)895$1,1751thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)880$1,5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,440$2,1001thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368364.05/cwt357.50–370.001,3402
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1662
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400270.00/cwt247.50–292.501,0802
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510301.26/cwt300.00–302.501,5362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,6263
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7086
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588291.26/cwt290.00–292.501,7132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,72010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623269.64/cwt260.00–280.001,6802
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6174
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7232
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7438
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263332.62/cwt330.00–335.008752
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285287.50/cwt287.50–287.508191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315323.79/cwt322.50–325.001,0202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0031
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360240.00/cwt240.00–240.008641
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373295.17/cwt290.00–300.001,1012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473262.14/cwt255.00–270.001,2402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522249.01/cwt235.00–255.001,3008
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572247.36/cwt240.00–252.501,4153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383299.33/cwt290.00–305.001,1463
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408306.09/cwt297.50–315.001,2492
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1761
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475289.91/cwt275.00–300.001,3773
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519267.82/cwt255.00–285.001,3906
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,370133.04/cwt120.00–141.001,8233
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935105.00/cwt105.00–105.009821
Cows—Lean 85-90%978114.20/cwt107.00–123.001,1176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,515117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7731
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 18801,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18951,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4402,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.