Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-09-30

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 30
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 397▲ 204 vs year ago 166 · +122.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 32▼ 10 vs year ago 36 · −27.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $7 - $18 higher. Heifers sold under 500# steady to $11 lower and over 500# sold steady to $13 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2 - $6 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.60/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −125.96 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$226.60
20 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.38
vs MS average
−20.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561233.501,31010thin
Medium and Large 1561223.011,2517thin
Medium and Large 2547212.001,1593thin
One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale20 hd
226.60
—
MS average13 barns · 324 hd
224.22
+2.38
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−20.18
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−125.96
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—Low1,675138.622,3225thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,392120.311,6755thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,126103.531,1668thin

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)1,145$9301thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0831
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288292.04/cwt225.00–340.008414
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325374.69/cwt370.00–380.001,2182
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325362.46/cwt360.00–365.001,1782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363362.55/cwt355.00–370.001,3162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378316.03/cwt292.50–342.501,1954
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415313.21/cwt300.00–325.001,3003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433272.49/cwt270.00–275.001,1802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468261.41/cwt252.50–269.001,2233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560244.50/cwt240.00–249.001,3692
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3571
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4681
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,5646
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683235.36/cwt234.00–238.001,6083
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323238.66/cwt237.50–240.007712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330256.25/cwt250.00–262.508462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374256.63/cwt251.00–261.009604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430223.83/cwt218.00–240.009626
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431249.82/cwt245.00–254.001,0775
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468248.03/cwt246.00–250.001,1612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472221.63/cwt220.00–225.001,0463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1651
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,31010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571221.34/cwt215.00–226.001,2646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615218.00/cwt217.00–219.001,3413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775198.96/cwt193.00–205.001,5422
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4681
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,74863
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009761
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375339.93/cwt335.00–345.001,2752
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380311.50/cwt305.00–317.501,1842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422299.20/cwt297.50–300.001,2633
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425253.46/cwt235.00–280.001,0775
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467263.25/cwt260.00–270.001,2293
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478237.40/cwt200.00–250.001,1357
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521243.12/cwt240.00–250.001,2678
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523235.48/cwt235.00–237.001,2324
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560237.98/cwt236.00–240.001,3333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583209.97/cwt190.00–220.001,2243
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627224.31/cwt221.00–227.001,4063
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680217.47/cwt216.00–219.001,4792
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724213.61/cwt209.00–219.001,5475
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813183.45/cwt178.00–189.001,4912
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,530130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9891
Bulls——1,711140.77/cwt137.00–149.002,4094
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09295.45/cwt90.00–101.001,0423
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147108.37/cwt105.00–113.001,2435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,392120.31/cwt114.00–126.001,6755
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,145930.00/head930.00–930.009301

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.