Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2025-03-24

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 24
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 99▼ 1 vs year ago 200 · −0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 31▲ 5 vs year ago 28 · +17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 11 vs year ago 18 · −61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $20 higher and $30 in spots. Heifers sold $5 - $17 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.43/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −68.14 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$284.43
10 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.27
vs MS average
−37.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531294.331,5635thin
Medium and Large 2534274.521,4655thin
One grade step is worth $19.81/cwt here — about $98 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 sale10 hd
284.43
—
MS average11 barns · 260 hd
295.69
−11.27
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−37.31
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−68.14
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—Average1,792168.723,0236thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,556149.902,3324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,068135.821,45116

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,460$2,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)953$1,3502thin

Every lot

63 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 2276414.39/cwt400.00–445.001,1444
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4881
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322424.45/cwt400.00–455.001,3678
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370396.63/cwt390.00–402.501,4683
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380383.08/cwt380.00–386.001,4562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420385.00/cwt382.50–387.501,6172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6894
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565346.18/cwt342.50–350.001,9562
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,8874
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8722
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0172
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815249.49/cwt245.00–254.002,0336
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2943200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8862
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260350.00/cwt350.00–350.009101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315361.59/cwt355.00–370.001,1393
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338327.52/cwt325.00–330.001,1072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371330.48/cwt325.00–340.001,2265
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380306.96/cwt292.50–322.201,1662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412327.51/cwt322.50–335.001,3495
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429301.09/cwt275.00–320.001,2926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470322.55/cwt315.00–332.501,5163
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473298.69/cwt289.00–312.501,4136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515310.22/cwt305.00–318.001,5983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526280.65/cwt265.00–287.501,4764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555270.50/cwt269.00–272.001,5012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608274.51/cwt274.00–275.001,6692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5071
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6133
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225427.50/cwt427.50–427.509621
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4281
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373389.31/cwt380.00–397.501,4523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387328.30/cwt295.00–360.001,2713
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432390.53/cwt387.50–395.001,6875
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433367.41/cwt360.00–375.001,5913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471385.35/cwt380.00–395.001,8155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479353.92/cwt335.00–365.001,6954
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515372.28/cwt365.00–380.001,9172
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525338.17/cwt317.50–357.501,7756
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7861
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8392
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9181
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2761
Bulls——1,918180.46/cwt175.00–185.003,4615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%976121.54/cwt117.00–128.001,1865
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093138.85/cwt132.00–148.001,5189
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188157.89/cwt156.00–160.001,8762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,463156.87/cwt154.00–160.002,2952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,648142.93/cwt141.00–145.002,3552
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19531,350.26/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4602,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0301,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.