Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-05-13

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, May 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 175▲ 64 vs year ago 179 · +35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 26▲ 2 vs year ago 14 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $3 - $6 lower. Heifers sold steady to $5 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $6 - $15 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.82/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −117.74 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$234.82
7 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,307
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.83
vs MS average
−35.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588235.001,3824thin
Medium and Large 1515234.591,2083thin
One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about $174 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 sale7 hd
234.82
—
MS average13 barns · 331 hd
248.65
−13.83
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−35.18
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−117.74
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

16 sales
422379335291median 352.5603/1605/0408/0309/2810/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.33, low $305.27, median $352.56 across 16 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—Average1,881160.553,0204thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,007110.731,1155thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)855$1,5752thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280325.00/cwt325.00–325.009101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308341.58/cwt332.50–352.501,0523
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6361
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6244
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680226.98/cwt224.00–230.001,5432
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687233.63/cwt232.00–235.001,60513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6885
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824212.92/cwt212.00–214.001,75433
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,7666
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220317.50/cwt317.50–317.506991
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275307.50/cwt307.50–307.508461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333294.83/cwt287.50–302.509822
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375282.64/cwt272.50–290.001,0603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378264.90/cwt260.00–270.001,0012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408288.82/cwt285.00–292.501,1782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475262.42/cwt255.00–270.001,2462
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515234.59/cwt230.00–239.001,2083
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4571
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3591
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,65567
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385308.99/cwt308.00–310.001,1902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3591
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532284.36/cwt275.00–290.001,5133
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555255.00/cwt250.00–260.001,4152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,881160.55/cwt148.00–164.003,0204
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85596.11/cwt82.00–107.008222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108120.48/cwt108.00–128.001,3353
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18551,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752

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.