Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.41/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$107.41

61 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$141

per head · Medium 2 over Medium 1-2

$18.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.05

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	358	114.97	411	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	527	109.24	575	35
Medium and Large 1	582	103.82	604	10thin
Medium and Large 2	547	103.25	564	10thin
Medium 1	580	102.00	592	1thin
Medium 1-2	575	96.00	552	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.97/cwt here — about −$141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

107.41

—

MS average7 barns · 722 hd

116.46

−9.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,200	57.00	684	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,087	53.10	577	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	986	45.74	451	22

Every lot, as filed

77 lots · USDA AMS · Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	129.53/cwt	115.00–135.00	425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	91.98/cwt	90.00–95.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	97.39/cwt	88.00–107.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	101.65/cwt	99.00–104.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	109.07/cwt	100.00–128.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	111.44/cwt	108.00–115.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	260	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	575	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	580	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	128.25/cwt	121.00–134.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.23/cwt	110.00–127.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	128.10/cwt	110.00–141.00	538	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	107.09/cwt	102.00–115.00	561	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	107.76/cwt	102.00–112.00	611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	101.68/cwt	100.00–103.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	114.62/cwt	112.00–117.00	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	104.44/cwt	101.00–108.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	97.24/cwt	92.00–105.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	542	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	770	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	670	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	108.35/cwt	100.00–115.00	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	106.49/cwt	104.00–110.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	102.71/cwt	99.00–106.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	126.05/cwt	115.00–130.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	97.88/cwt	84.00–102.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	125.62/cwt	122.00–129.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	96.13/cwt	90.00–102.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	99.32/cwt	92.00–105.00	604	3
Steers	Large 1	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	725	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	718	1
Steers	Large 3	—	255	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	388	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	284	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	468	119.73/cwt	110.00–130.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	117.75/cwt	110.00–125.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	154.94/cwt	152.00–158.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	123.37/cwt	114.00–130.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	132.17/cwt	122.00–133.50	772	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	556	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	9,394	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	570	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	53.54/cwt	52.00–56.00	578	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	684	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	376	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	44.50/cwt	44.00–45.00	446	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	46.49/cwt	46.00–50.00	457	17

How this sale compares

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 Sep 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	115.00–135.00	129.53
3	—	718	90.00–95.00	91.98
2	—	668	88.00–107.00	97.39
1	—	390	123.00	123.00
4	—	471	100.00–115.00	108.35
4	—	521	104.00–110.00	106.49
4	—	575	99.00–106.00	102.71
6	—	427	115.00–130.00	126.05
7	—	630	84.00–102.00	97.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	99.00–104.00	101.65
3	—	525	100.00–128.00	109.07
1	—	785	89.00	89.00
1	—	660	96.00	96.00
1	—	550	90.00	90.00
1	—	395	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	108.00–115.00	111.44
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
1	—	260	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	82.00	82.00
2	—	363	122.00–129.00	125.62
2	—	490	104.00–105.00	104.51
2	—	715	90.00–102.00	96.13
3	—	608	92.00–105.00	99.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	121.00–134.00	128.25
2	—	470	110.00–127.00	118.23
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	110.00–141.00	128.10
8	—	524	102.00–115.00	107.09
6	—	567	102.00–112.00	107.76
3	—	625	100.00–103.00	101.68
3	—	462	112.00–117.00	114.62
2	—	683	101.00–108.00	104.44
2	—	370	130.00–140.00	135.07
1	—	705	92.00	92.00
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	92.00–105.00	97.24
2	—	543	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	81.00	81.00
1	—	790	81.00	81.00
1	—	665	103.00	103.00
1	—	470	118.00	118.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
1	—	350	157.00	157.00
1	—	345	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	87.00	87.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	99.00	99.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	116.00	116.00
2	—	468	110.00–130.00	119.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	113.00	113.00
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
1	—	710	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	108.00	108.00
2	—	495	135.00	135.00
2	—	528	110.00–125.00	117.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	150.00	150.00
1	—	295	152.00	152.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
2	—	520	120.00–126.00	123.09
3	—	325	152.00–158.00	154.94
4	—	470	114.00–130.00	123.37
15	—	584	122.00–133.50	132.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	142.00	142.00
1	—	520	107.00	107.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	770.00	770.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	50.00	50.00
7	—	1,079	52.00–56.00	53.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	38.00	38.00
4	—	1,003	44.00–45.00	44.50
17	—	982	46.00–50.00	46.49

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.

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Macon Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle