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Macon Livestock Auction

Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 23

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122

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Feeder Cattle receipts

361 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 303▲ 218 vs year ago 143 · +152.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 47▲ 7 vs year ago 35 · +20.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 22▲ 37 vs year ago 8 · +462.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $10 higher. Heifers sold steady to $15 lower. Slaughter cows sold $5 - $15 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.06/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −103.31 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.

Average price

$334.06

9 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$34.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs MS average

−35.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	345.68	1,959	6thin
Medium and Large 2	522	310.82	1,622	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.86/cwt here — about $336 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 sale9 hd

334.06

—

MS average13 barns · 333 hd

338.56

−4.51

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−35.52

This barn, trailing median17 sales

437.37

−103.31

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

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $460.75, low $340.02, median $437.37 across 17 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,552	196.95	3,057	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,434	164.49	2,358	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	159.20	1,649	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,217	$2,388	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,066	$2,366	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	958	$2,273	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,038	$3,165	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,136	$2,951	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$2,289	7

Every lot

73 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	433.75/cwt	417.50–450.00	1,041	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	279	406.18/cwt	330.00–460.00	1,133	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	435.88/cwt	432.50–440.00	1,343	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	411.10/cwt	375.00–427.50	1,361	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	421.13/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,537	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	402.28/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,484	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	412.59/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,712	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	377.38/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,585	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	369.14/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,735	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	342.42/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,678	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	336.23/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,708	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	342.81/cwt	339.00–347.50	1,985	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	312.93/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,931	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	352.45/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,178	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	332.25/cwt	332.00–332.50	2,219	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	260.50/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,909	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,202	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,561	157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	185	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	925	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,153	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	385.12/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,059	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	344.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,121	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	374.97/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,245	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	303.80/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,170	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	318.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,347	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	334.38/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,468	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	339.29/cwt	336.00–342.00	1,568	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	301.36/cwt	275.00–327.50	1,404	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	329.28/cwt	323.00–338.00	1,673	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	286.48/cwt	225.00–322.50	1,501	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	290.76/cwt	275.00–325.00	1,797	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,734	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,654	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,620	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	396.33/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,526	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	403.79/cwt	397.50–410.00	1,668	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	368.13/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,568	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,546	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	325.76/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,733	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,778	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	316.08/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,957	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,068	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,009	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,566	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,443	187.43/cwt	185.00–191.00	2,705	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,823	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	142.63/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,277	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	911	173.79/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,583	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,087	158.72/cwt	151.00–169.00	1,725	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,429	161.85/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,313	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,681	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	790	1,749.05/head	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,749	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,028	2,441.33/head	1,950.00–2,750.00	2,441	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,038	3,164.74/head	2,700.00–3,900.00	3,165	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,137	2,592.52/head	1,800.00–3,300.00	2,593	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,156	3,046.01/head	2,350.00–3,800.00	3,046	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,395	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	958	2,273.11/head	1,950.00–2,500.00	2,273	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	2,365.83/head	2,150.00–2,650.00	2,366	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,217	2,388.29/head	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,388	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	730	180.07/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,315	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	795	187.09/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,487	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

Mon Jun 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 303Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 47Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 22Year ago 8

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $10 higher. Heifers sold steady to $15 lower. Slaughter cows sold $5 - $15 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to $5 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	308	432.50–440.00	435.88
2	350–400	365	412.50–430.00	421.13
2	400–450	415	410.00–415.00	412.59
3	450–500	470	360.00–375.00	369.14
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	579	339.00–347.50	342.81
2	600–650	618	350.00–355.00	352.45
2	650–700	668	332.00–332.50	332.25
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	770	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	417.50–450.00	433.75
4	250–300	279	330.00–460.00	406.18
7	300–350	331	375.00–427.50	411.10
4	350–400	369	392.50–410.00	402.28
2	400–450	420	375.00–380.00	377.38
2	450–500	490	335.00–350.00	342.42
2	500–550	508	332.50–340.00	336.23
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	617	275.00–335.00	312.93
1	650–700	680	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	733	260.00–261.00	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
157	900–950	913	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	265	435.00	435.00
3	300–350	332	370.00–385.00	374.97
2	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	439	330.00–340.00	334.38
3	450–500	462	336.00–342.00	339.29
3	500–550	508	323.00–338.00	329.28
2	550–600	558	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	618	275.00–325.00	290.76
1	650–700	695	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	375.00–395.00	385.12
2	300–350	325	340.00–350.00	344.92
4	350–400	385	290.00–325.00	303.80
3	400–450	423	310.00–325.00	318.37
9	450–500	466	275.00–327.50	301.36
4	500–550	524	225.00–322.50	286.48
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	625	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	695	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	745	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	390.00–402.50	396.33
2	400–450	413	397.50–410.00	403.79
1	450–500	465	332.50	332.50
3	500–550	532	320.00–332.50	325.76
1	550–600	560	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	619	310.00–325.00	316.08
2	650–700	678	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	870	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
7	400–450	426	335.00–385.00	368.13
1	550–600	560	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	720	279.00	279.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,038	2,700.00–3,900.00	3,164.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,028	1,950.00–2,750.00	2,441.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	790	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,749.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,156	2,350.00–3,800.00	3,046.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,137	1,800.00–3,300.00	2,592.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	1,950.00–2,500.00	2,273.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,066	2,150.00–2,650.00	2,365.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,217	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,388.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	795	184.00–190.00	187.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	730	175.00–185.00	180.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,087	151.00–169.00	158.72
4	—	911	171.00–177.50	173.79
3	—	895	136.00–149.00	142.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,429	155.00–168.00	161.85
1	—	1,465	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	185.00–191.00	187.43
1	—	1,770	216.00	216.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.