Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2025-11-10

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 10
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 402▼ 44 vs year ago 256 · −17.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 38▼ 4 vs year ago 32 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 11▲ 8 vs year ago 14 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold mixed 13.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −77.37 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.
Average price
$360.00
1 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.14
vs MS average
−64.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555360.001,9981thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
360.00
—
MS average13 barns · 248 hd
376.14
−16.14
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−64.87
This barn, trailing median17 sales
437.37
−77.37
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
475425376326median 437.3703/1605/0407/0609/0711/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,293155.052,0052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,441145.442,0965thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,113144.001,60315

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)1,058$2,4522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$2,1275
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$2,0704thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,194$1,9376
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$1,8383thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275468.41/cwt440.00–480.001,2884
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,5491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315492.38/cwt485.00–500.001,5512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323429.41/cwt350.00–475.001,3877
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363454.90/cwt450.00–460.001,6512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377400.19/cwt340.00–435.001,5096
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418356.33/cwt342.50–370.001,4892
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484366.14/cwt360.00–372.501,7724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9981
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,24113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675317.41/cwt312.00–322.502,1432
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780297.47/cwt295.00–300.002,3202
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,5631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1061
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307397.40/cwt392.50–405.001,2203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331370.03/cwt350.00–385.001,2256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375356.62/cwt350.00–360.001,3373
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378342.55/cwt340.00–345.001,2952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420360.79/cwt355.00–367.501,5153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423343.37/cwt336.00–350.001,4524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472345.91/cwt340.00–353.001,6333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472327.33/cwt300.00–339.001,5456
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515318.76/cwt317.50–320.001,6422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533330.80/cwt325.00–336.001,7635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578313.76/cwt312.50–315.001,8142
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615308.56/cwt305.00–312.001,8982
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8041
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9472
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758276.01/cwt275.00–277.002,0922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368413.44/cwt407.50–420.001,5213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422391.50/cwt387.50–400.001,6523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425372.45/cwt365.00–382.501,5835
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474373.72/cwt370.00–377.501,7714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477327.06/cwt300.00–345.001,5605
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527331.53/cwt317.50–340.001,7473
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565351.15/cwt347.50–355.001,9842
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,97412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589332.26/cwt327.50–339.001,9575
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618326.12/cwt320.00–332.502,0152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683303.45/cwt299.00–308.002,0732
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710291.46/cwt286.00–297.002,0692
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,293155.05/cwt150.00–160.002,0052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021135.21/cwt127.00–139.001,3807
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,176150.05/cwt147.00–156.001,7656
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,248156.64/cwt150.00–163.001,9552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445141.74/cwt141.00–143.002,0483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,455167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,4301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0302,069.60/head1,875.00–2,350.002,0704
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0582,451.77/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1801,838.31/head1,725.00–1,925.001,8383
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1842,126.94/head1,850.00–2,400.002,1275
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1941,937.07/head1,775.00–2,175.001,9376
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1770185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4251

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.