Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2026-06-22

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 142▼ 263 vs year ago 361 · −72.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 32▼ 1 vs year ago 42 · −2.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 42 vs year ago 45 · −93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold steady to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $439.40/cwt on 8 head, up $5.12 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +73.63 against this barn's trailing median of $365.77.
Average price
$439.40
▲ 5.12 vs prior sale
8 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.27
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525470.822,4733thin
Medium and Large 2552420.542,3215thin
One grade step is worth $50.28/cwt here — about $152 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 sale8 hd
439.40
—
MS average11 barns · 90 hd
410.12
+29.27
This barn, trailing median12 sales
365.77
+73.63
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

12 sales
465414362311median 365.7703/2307/0609/0710/1211/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $451.18, low $325.03, median $365.77 across 12 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—Low1,580205.103,2415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,452171.682,4929thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,137166.961,89922

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,098$2,6752thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382521.55/cwt515.00–525.001,9923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425487.59/cwt485.00–490.002,0722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455477.50/cwt470.00–485.002,1732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4651
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633382.45/cwt380.00–385.002,4212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718355.82/cwt349.00–362.502,5552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8111
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918311.36/cwt304.00–319.002,8582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323507.52/cwt505.00–510.001,6392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475423.84/cwt415.00–432.502,0132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520416.91/cwt412.50–420.002,1683
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,8081
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362543.54/cwt540.00–550.001,9685
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370488.99/cwt440.00–525.001,8093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415478.53/cwt450.00–495.001,9863
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465492.53/cwt490.00–495.002,2902
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488462.46/cwt455.00–470.002,2572
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508488.73/cwt487.50–490.002,4832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530446.67/cwt445.00–450.002,3673
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585381.35/cwt370.00–392.502,2312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620383.90/cwt377.50–390.002,3802
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675397.48/cwt395.00–400.002,6832
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5161
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,7981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,390180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,5021
Bulls——1,520204.83/cwt193.00–210.003,1133
Bulls——1,950231.00/cwt231.00–231.004,5051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%996149.82/cwt147.00–157.001,4925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,141167.56/cwt160.00–173.001,91211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,248180.15/cwt176.00–188.002,2486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445174.70/cwt173.00–176.002,5243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,455170.17/cwt160.00–176.002,4766
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,070181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9371
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0982,675.46/head2,200.00–3,025.002,6752

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.