Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 136▲ 40 vs year ago 263 · +15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 29▲ 21 vs year ago 26 · +80.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 1▲ 20 vs year ago 2 · +1,000.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $10 higher. Heifers sold $5 - $20 higher, $35 higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.99/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −34.57 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$317.99
20 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.73
vs MS average
−16.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535329.521,7618thin
Medium and Large 2541310.311,67712thin
One grade step is worth $19.21/cwt here — about $84 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 sale20 hd
317.99
—
MS average14 barns · 375 hd
315.26
+2.73
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−16.12
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
−34.57
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—High1,575194.533,0644thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,449162.302,35211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,110149.141,65525

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)1,177$2,2933thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)998$1,7752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)950$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,224$3,1098
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,153$2,7346

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1641
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328438.51/cwt432.50–445.001,4382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363430.05/cwt427.50–432.501,5612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530342.43/cwt340.00–345.001,8152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,9041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573348.39/cwt345.00–352.001,9962
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615312.43/cwt306.00–323.501,92116
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1093
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2322
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9041
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,135191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273408.57/cwt407.00–410.001,1152
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315355.48/cwt315.00–400.001,1202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,4131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375333.16/cwt330.00–340.001,2493
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412338.16/cwt336.00–342.501,3933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442320.73/cwt320.00–322.201,4183
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465336.28/cwt329.00–340.001,5644
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489309.84/cwt275.00–325.001,5156
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513315.34/cwt305.00–322.501,6186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521329.50/cwt325.00–334.001,7175
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557329.54/cwt326.00–335.001,8363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568305.27/cwt293.00–317.001,7346
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638305.38/cwt280.00–312.501,94812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8689
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,188113
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1175512.50/cwt512.50–512.508971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8661
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462345.69/cwt337.50–355.001,5973
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540341.24/cwt340.00–342.501,8432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555338.72/cwt335.00–342.501,8802
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627330.79/cwt324.00–336.002,0746
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630316.76/cwt311.00–320.001,9963
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666322.94/cwt320.00–330.002,1514
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680303.20/cwt290.00–317.002,0622
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705318.02/cwt311.00–322.002,2423
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1861
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1960205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,410168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,3691
Bulls——1,600214.05/cwt210.00–218.003,4252
Bulls——1,690182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,0761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880134.27/cwt125.00–139.001,1827
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180149.45/cwt142.00–158.001,76412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,238165.86/cwt160.00–171.002,0536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,428160.81/cwt153.00–167.002,2969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,545169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,6112
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0982,961.85/head2,200.00–3,500.002,9624
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1982,860.23/head2,600.00–3,300.002,8605
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3503,256.48/head2,900.00–3,600.003,2564
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19981,775.00/head1,525.00–2,000.001,7752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1772,292.92/head2,200.00–2,400.002,2933

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.