Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2025-04-07

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 7
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 68▼ 24 vs year ago 137 · −17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 22 vs year ago 47 · −46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 12▲ 0 vs year ago 12 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale feeder calves sold $3 - $30 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $5 - $17 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.39/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −65.17 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$287.39
18 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$39.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.00
vs MS average
−29.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524300.001,5729thin
Medium and Large 1533281.741,5006thin
Medium and Large 2527260.891,3753thin
One grade step is worth $39.11/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale18 hd
287.39
—
MS average13 barns · 199 hd
297.39
−10.00
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−29.16
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−65.17
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—Average1,924161.823,1137thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,313136.901,7978thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,005125.481,2617thin

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)1,355$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,296$2,0965
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$1,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,170$1,8501thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2191
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410381.46/cwt372.50–390.001,5642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503343.77/cwt340.00–347.501,7292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518298.88/cwt270.00–327.501,5486
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560313.86/cwt307.50–320.001,7582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,8322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573284.89/cwt280.00–290.001,6322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603297.51/cwt292.50–300.001,7944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8575
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9081
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260330.00/cwt330.00–330.008581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265350.00/cwt350.00–350.009281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335275.00/cwt275.00–275.009211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368326.17/cwt322.50–330.001,2002
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387301.38/cwt282.50–312.201,1663
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434283.77/cwt272.50–300.001,2324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490294.57/cwt288.00–301.001,4432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507275.81/cwt270.00–287.501,3983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527260.89/cwt250.00–267.501,3753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558287.66/cwt283.00–290.001,6053
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7681
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430340.03/cwt337.50–342.501,4622
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3222
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555273.66/cwt270.00–276.001,5193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620273.60/cwt267.00–280.001,6962
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7411
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,6331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,643147.56/cwt140.00–154.002,4242
Bulls——2,036167.53/cwt165.00–171.003,4115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%865114.37/cwt112.50–116.009892
Cows—Lean 85-90%930107.00/cwt107.00–107.009951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093135.65/cwt130.00–142.001,4834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313136.90/cwt133.00–139.001,7978
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19501,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2962,095.99/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0965
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3552,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1701,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2101,950.00/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.