Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-10-07

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 7
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
269 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 370▲ 166 vs year ago 103 · +161.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 26▼ 256 vs year ago 300 · −85.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▼ 8 vs year ago 10 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed $7 lower to $10 higher. Heifers sold steady - $10 lower. Feeder bulls sold $4 - $16 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to $10 lower. Slaughter bulls sold $2 - $6 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.73/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −131.83 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$220.73
21 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.47
vs MS average
−31.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543223.461,21415thin
Medium and Large 2532213.921,1376thin
One grade step is worth $9.54/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale21 hd
220.73
—
MS average13 barns · 375 hd
224.20
−3.47
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−31.95
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−131.83
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—Low1,646139.542,29710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,480108.251,6024thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,161107.931,25319

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,2501thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2277319.52/cwt300.00–330.008853
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318359.96/cwt355.00–365.001,1452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323328.51/cwt300.00–350.001,0613
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375353.51/cwt350.00–360.001,3263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379306.71/cwt278.00–340.001,1627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2961
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428272.36/cwt252.00–297.501,1665
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470267.33/cwt260.00–272.501,2565
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472246.89/cwt237.50–255.001,1655
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3783
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2603230.95/cwt220.00–242.001,3932
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630251.00/cwt247.00–255.001,5812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6833
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2897200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268250.00/cwt250.00–250.006702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275225.00/cwt225.00–225.006191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328232.44/cwt220.00–240.007624
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331254.26/cwt250.00–260.008424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377246.56/cwt241.00–252.009308
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378235.13/cwt230.00–238.008893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418244.48/cwt238.00–247.501,0225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432225.10/cwt220.00–230.009723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466235.51/cwt232.00–242.001,0976
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471219.71/cwt200.00–229.001,0357
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516224.49/cwt220.00–230.001,1588
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527214.70/cwt210.00–218.001,1315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574222.28/cwt219.00–227.001,2767
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630212.05/cwt209.00–215.001,3362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667189.29/cwt184.00–199.001,2633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668212.43/cwt210.00–215.001,4192
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4501
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,4951
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2804206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6568
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1972
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330297.12/cwt285.00–310.009802
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368357.62/cwt355.00–360.001,3162
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373301.56/cwt280.00–335.001,1253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424261.44/cwt230.00–315.001,10910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470250.46/cwt247.50–254.001,1773
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513262.55/cwt253.00–267.501,3473
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528241.47/cwt223.00–249.001,2755
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553240.43/cwt226.00–255.001,3302
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573218.36/cwt215.00–222.001,2512
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670230.50/cwt228.00–233.001,5442
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1733221.02/cwt214.00–228.001,6202
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6911
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,542132.27/cwt127.00–135.002,0405
Bulls——1,750146.80/cwt140.00–151.002,5695
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06090.55/cwt85.00–95.009604
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,169123.39/cwt118.00–130.001,4424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,195108.62/cwt101.00–115.001,29811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,480108.25/cwt105.00–110.001,6024
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18551,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001

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.