Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-12-02

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 2
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 340▼ 63 vs year ago 309 · −20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 62▲ 4 vs year ago 28 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week ago steers sold $5 - $20 higher. Heifers sold $2 - $14 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $3 - $11 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.29/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −102.27 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$250.29
17 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,327
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.61
vs MS average
−33.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500268.001,3404thin
Medium and Large 1551246.441,3597thin
Medium and Large 2525242.971,2766thin
One grade step is worth $25.03/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale17 hd
250.29
—
MS average6 barns · 153 hd
251.89
−1.61
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
−33.03
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−102.27
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—Average1,732138.362,3963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,363124.041,6912thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,140113.641,29520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73590.001,5621thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$1,3733thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,105$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)860$1,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,4135

Every lot

70 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 1260368.87/cwt362.50–375.009592
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275312.27/cwt300.00–325.008592
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318391.79/cwt387.50–397.501,2463
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320346.10/cwt317.50–370.001,1085
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372323.23/cwt290.00–352.501,2023
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383391.57/cwt385.00–395.001,5003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415384.94/cwt380.00–390.001,5982
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415311.83/cwt291.00–337.501,2946
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475301.70/cwt300.00–305.001,4334
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490280.10/cwt270.00–290.001,3722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525293.25/cwt287.00–300.001,5404
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562291.49/cwt290.00–292.001,6388
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,7511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8572
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240285.00/cwt285.00–285.006841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283283.53/cwt275.00–300.008023
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285267.50/cwt267.50–267.507621
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318303.90/cwt300.00–307.509662
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320281.15/cwt275.00–287.509002
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387282.39/cwt280.00–287.501,0933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389254.05/cwt239.00–267.009884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425264.34/cwt260.00–269.001,1232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468243.63/cwt238.00–252.001,1406
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483271.92/cwt267.00–277.001,3132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510261.43/cwt258.00–265.001,3332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525242.97/cwt230.00–250.001,2766
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568240.44/cwt238.00–245.001,3665
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4823
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624237.35/cwt234.00–248.001,4815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5863
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675215.71/cwt210.00–221.001,4563
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6291
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4981
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753224.02/cwt219.00–229.001,6872
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2773215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368393.72/cwt392.50–395.001,4492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377327.92/cwt300.00–367.501,2363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414340.63/cwt340.00–342.501,4104
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428307.72/cwt300.00–330.001,3174
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475281.23/cwt280.00–282.001,3365
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476291.57/cwt289.00–297.501,3884
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515254.71/cwt240.00–270.001,3122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561271.56/cwt270.00–275.001,5234
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570281.16/cwt276.00–289.001,6035
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618276.05/cwt272.00–280.001,7062
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626251.74/cwt235.00–261.001,5764
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8821
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669250.84/cwt240.00–259.001,6786
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,732138.36/cwt132.00–142.002,3963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98694.64/cwt90.00–102.009334
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,146115.82/cwt113.00–119.001,32710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,232122.69/cwt120.00–126.001,5126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363124.04/cwt120.00–128.001,6912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5621
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18601,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0761,440.74/head1,350.00–1,575.001,4414
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1930153.50/cwt132.00–175.001,4282
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19551,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0151,372.91/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3733
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1051,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501

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.