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Macon Livestock Auction

Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 20

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

254 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 331▼ 141 vs year ago 395 · −35.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 35▼ 7 vs year ago 43 · −16.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 9▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 10.00 - 30.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher . Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 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 $381.09/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −56.28 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.

Average price

$381.09

28 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$21.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs MS average

−77.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	385.68	2,191	22
Medium and Large 1	542	364.27	1,973	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.41/cwt here — about $218 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 sale28 hd

381.09

—

MS average12 barns · 363 hd

389.88

−8.79

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−77.05

This barn, trailing median17 sales

437.37

−56.28

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	—	Low	1,396	173.79	2,425	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,426	156.22	2,228	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,119	153.52	1,719	14

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$1,775	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,608	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,475	1thin

Every lot

66 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	200	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,060	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	653.31/cwt	650.00–660.00	1,744	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	276	603.13/cwt	530.00–640.00	1,665	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,010	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	557.97/cwt	480.00–620.00	1,819	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	487.98/cwt	455.00–510.00	1,854	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,732	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,846	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	372.45/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,732	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	382.67/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,009	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	385.68/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,191	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	327.46/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,883	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,354	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,435	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	350.09/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,363	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,425	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,540	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,704	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	266	401.50/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,068	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,253	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	418.97/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,362	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	417.55/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,495	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	377.29/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,407	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	382.50/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,530	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	339.98/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,408	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	391.70/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,802	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	345.05/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,642	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	388.69/cwt	385.00–390.50	1,877	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	345.81/cwt	283.00–362.20	1,784	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	373.66/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,954	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	333.47/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,934	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	297.55/cwt	282.00–312.50	1,883	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	337.46/cwt	327.50–347.50	2,204	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	527.68/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,652	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	397.21/cwt	340.00–425.00	1,517	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	435.03/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,688	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	422.46/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,787	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	392.82/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,681	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	357.85/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,675	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	395.85/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,872	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	353.98/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,858	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	325.14/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,756	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	329.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,880	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	358.39/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,054	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	311.64/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,932	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,356	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,249	162.00/cwt	150.00–168.00	2,023	5
Bulls	—	—	1,579	188.52/cwt	181.00–193.00	2,977	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,482	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	151.15/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,672	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,208	175.29/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,118	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	137.94/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,917	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,453	169.93/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,469	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	915	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	1,608.17/head	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,608	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 331Year ago 395

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 35Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 9Year ago 14

Compared to last week: Steers sold 10.00 - 30.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher . Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,390	135.00–140.00	137.94
4	—	1,453	166.00–174.00	169.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	136.00	136.00
2	—	1,208	171.00–180.00	175.29
11	—	1,106	144.00–158.00	151.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,249	150.00–168.00	162.00
4	—	1,579	181.00–193.00	188.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	435.00	435.00
5	300–350	325	415.00–430.00	418.97
2	350–400	358	415.00–420.00	417.55
2	400–450	400	375.00–390.00	382.50
3	450–500	460	385.00–395.00	391.70
2	500–550	523	367.50–380.00	373.66
2	550–600	580	332.00–335.00	333.47
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	653	327.50–347.50	337.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	483	385.00–390.50	388.69
3	600–650	615	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	380.00–415.00	401.50
5	350–400	373	350.00–400.00	377.29
7	400–450	414	300.00–365.00	339.98
9	450–500	476	325.00–370.00	345.05
7	500–550	516	283.00–362.20	345.81
2	600–650	633	282.00–312.50	297.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	520.00–535.00	527.68
2	350–400	388	430.00–440.00	435.03
2	400–450	423	415.00–430.00	422.46
3	450–500	473	392.50–400.00	395.85
5	500–550	525	350.00–360.00	353.98
3	550–600	573	355.00–360.00	358.39
1	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	755	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	340.00–425.00	397.21
8	400–450	428	360.00–410.00	392.82
7	450–500	468	345.00–370.00	357.85
2	500–550	540	310.00–340.00	325.14
3	550–600	570	320.00–340.00	329.76
3	600–650	620	310.00–315.00	311.64
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	650.00–660.00	653.31
1	300–350	300	670.00	670.00
3	350–400	380	455.00–510.00	487.98
1	400–450	425	407.50	407.50
2	450–500	485	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	525	380.00–385.00	382.67
2	550–600	575	325.00–330.00	327.46
1	600–650	605	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	660	369.00	369.00
1	700–750	745	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	412.00	412.00
22	550–600	568	383.00–395.00	385.68
8	600–650	638	369.00	369.00
10	650–700	675	347.00–357.00	350.09
4	700–750	707	343.00	343.00
6	800–850	845	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	530.00	530.00
8	250–300	276	530.00–640.00	603.13
4	300–350	326	480.00–620.00	557.97
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	465	370.00–375.00	372.45
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	670	335.00	335.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,608.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	1,575.00	1,575.00

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.