Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-07-22

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 22
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 248▲ 232 vs year ago 107 · +216.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 52▲ 20 vs year ago 44 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 5▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed $5 lower to $8 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $4 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.06/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −138.31 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.
Average price
$299.06
27 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.86
vs MS average
+1.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552300.571,65919thin
Medium and Large 1550296.941,6336thin
Medium and Large 2520291.031,5132thin
One grade step is worth $9.54/cwt here — about $146 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 sale27 hd
299.06
—
MS average12 barns · 424 hd
283.20
+15.86
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+1.24
This barn, trailing median17 sales
437.37
−138.31
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—Average1,552155.552,41510
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,563138.522,1658thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,630135.002,2011thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,053131.971,39015

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)980$1,4001thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1287344.13/cwt340.00–350.009883
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295330.00/cwt330.00–330.009741
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308345.12/cwt340.00–350.001,0632
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325318.77/cwt317.50–320.001,0362
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370310.02/cwt297.50–315.001,1474
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379334.05/cwt330.00–340.001,2665
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1404317.62/cwt310.00–328.001,2834
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468288.81/cwt272.50–298.001,3523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479308.60/cwt302.50–316.001,4788
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520291.03/cwt290.00–292.001,5132
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530303.91/cwt301.00–307.501,6114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552300.57/cwt297.00–301.001,65919
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590282.99/cwt282.00–284.001,6702
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638273.45/cwt260.00–287.001,7452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8473
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7151
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7953
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,81010
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8601
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285280.00/cwt280.00–280.007981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358294.22/cwt287.50–302.501,0533
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369272.96/cwt260.00–282.001,0076
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0966
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425254.83/cwt250.00–259.001,0835
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426268.22/cwt265.00–275.001,1434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465242.51/cwt237.50–250.001,1283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473266.90/cwt262.00–272.001,2628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522248.85/cwt242.00–261.001,2993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528238.28/cwt235.00–240.001,2583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530273.01/cwt266.00–276.001,44710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567236.01/cwt235.00–238.001,3383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363344.17/cwt342.50–347.501,2493
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410328.84/cwt325.00–332.501,3482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430301.08/cwt297.50–308.001,2953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478276.34/cwt270.00–280.001,3213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2481
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513292.02/cwt287.00–297.001,4982
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520271.96/cwt270.00–274.001,4142
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569266.58/cwt259.00–273.001,5174
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573252.64/cwt250.00–255.001,4483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610258.98/cwt257.00–260.001,5803
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650251.33/cwt248.00–258.001,6343
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6781
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861180.65/cwt175.00–185.001,5557
Beef/Dairy Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2914180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6458
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,115130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4501
Bulls——1,601158.39/cwt145.00–168.002,5369
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%847119.32/cwt115.00–125.001,0113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,103134.24/cwt128.00–141.001,48111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,526138.31/cwt132.00–148.002,1117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,2011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,820140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,5481
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19801,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.