Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 356▼ 20 vs year ago 305 · −6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 25▼ 23 vs year ago 55 · −41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $3 - $8 higher. Heifers sold $6 - $10 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.25/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −151.12 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.
Average price
$286.25
2 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.97
vs MS average
−22.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540286.251,5462thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
286.25
—
MS average12 barns · 338 hd
281.28
+4.97
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−22.91
This barn, trailing median17 sales
437.37
−151.12
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—Low1,500154.312,3157thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,346140.541,8926thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,113132.461,47511

Every lot

49 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218379.80/cwt377.50–382.508282
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288354.97/cwt350.00–360.001,0223
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1941
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2347345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360331.49/cwt322.50–340.001,1932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433276.51/cwt275.00–278.001,1972
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3571
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608285.09/cwt277.50–292.501,7332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8041
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5931
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,75423
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2898215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,935113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218300.00/cwt300.00–300.006542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272308.40/cwt300.00–317.508393
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317310.47/cwt302.50–320.009843
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325286.19/cwt285.00–287.509302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378274.95/cwt267.50–282.501,0392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395251.00/cwt248.00–254.009912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474240.69/cwt235.00–248.001,1414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509242.10/cwt238.00–251.001,2325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3003
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323334.73/cwt332.50–337.001,0812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378321.46/cwt317.50–327.501,2155
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407314.91/cwt306.00–320.001,2823
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417293.07/cwt282.50–300.001,2223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473296.55/cwt290.00–302.501,4032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473276.97/cwt270.00–282.501,3104
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555283.21/cwt279.00–287.501,5722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5921
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6571
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,110135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4991
Bulls——1,565157.53/cwt153.00–163.002,4656
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89591.00/cwt91.00–91.008141
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135136.61/cwt129.00–147.001,55110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,346140.54/cwt133.00–147.001,8926

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.