Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

slaughter cows/bulls were steady feeder steers were 3\8 higher feeder heifers were steady to 4 higher

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $123.37/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$123.37

51 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$28.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.18

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	131.05	773	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	643	125.00	804	8thin
Medium and Large 2	495	120.05	594	21
Medium and Large 3	570	103.03	588	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.02/cwt here — about $186 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 sale51 hd

123.37

—

MS average13 barns · 886 hd

131.55

−8.18

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,647	70.46	1,160	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	45.79	565	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	36.30	393	31

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	120.35/cwt	114.00–124.00	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	127.92/cwt	124.00–132.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	158.00/cwt	150.00–166.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	96.54/cwt	93.00–100.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	96.42/cwt	95.00–99.00	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	106.94/cwt	100.00–113.00	493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	94.30/cwt	90.00–101.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	114.23/cwt	108.00–118.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	99.50/cwt	99.00–100.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	715.21/cwt	630.00–800.00	7,281	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	9,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	340	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	427	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	37.21/cwt	30.00–44.00	408	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	27.82/cwt	20.00–34.00	263	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	45.79/cwt	36.00–53.00	565	24
Bulls	—	—	1,250	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	563	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	71.24/cwt	66.00–76.00	1,247	2
Bulls	—	—	1,674	73.87/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,237	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	97.55/cwt	95.00–100.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	116.00/cwt	112.00–119.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	110.63/cwt	105.00–118.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	123.14/cwt	115.00–130.00	326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.00/cwt	112.00–124.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	143.00/cwt	141.00–145.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	133.53/cwt	132.00–135.00	491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	910	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	146.08/cwt	143.00–149.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	108.32/cwt	102.00–114.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	99.64/cwt	98.00–101.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	109.88/cwt	103.00–118.00	581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	106.60/cwt	104.00–109.00	609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	113.24/cwt	102.00–119.00	531	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	629	1

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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 563Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 79Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 0

slaughter cows/bulls were steady feeder steers were 3\8 higher feeder heifers were steady to 4 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	886	120.00	120.00
3	—	667	114.00–124.00	120.35
2	—	620	118.00–120.00	119.00
2	—	530	124.00–132.00	127.92
2	—	358	160.00	160.00
2	—	345	150.00–166.00	158.00
1	—	740	124.00	124.00
1	—	415	131.00	131.00
1	—	215	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	95.00–100.00	97.55
1	—	600	85.00	85.00
1	—	345	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	112.00–119.00	116.00
4	—	518	105.00–118.00	110.63
3	—	265	115.00–130.00	123.14
2	—	673	120.00–122.00	120.98
2	—	470	112.00–124.00	118.00
2	—	430	141.00–145.00	143.00
2	—	368	132.00–135.00	133.53
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
1	—	625	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	643	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	93.00–100.00	96.54
2	—	423	100.00–105.00	102.51
1	—	625	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	95.00–99.00	96.42
5	—	461	100.00–113.00	106.94
4	—	566	90.00–101.00	94.30
3	—	383	108.00–118.00	114.23
2	—	655	99.00–100.00	99.50
1	—	635	101.00	101.00
1	—	400	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	100.00	100.00
3	—	583	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	102.00	102.00
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
1	—	405	114.50	114.50
1	—	380	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	103.00	103.00
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
1	—	340	119.00	119.00
1	—	235	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.43
1	—	540	85.00	85.00
1	—	620	85.00	85.00
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	715	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	136.00	136.00
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	795	88.50	88.50
1	—	910	75.00	75.00
2	—	380	143.00–149.00	146.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	124.00–125.00	124.49
2	—	423	102.00–114.00	108.32
3	—	622	98.00–101.00	99.64
4	—	529	103.00–118.00	109.88
5	—	571	104.00–109.00	106.60
9	—	469	102.00–119.00	113.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	630.00–800.00	715.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	780.00	780.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,097	30.00–44.00	37.21
3	—	945	20.00–34.00	27.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,234	36.00–53.00	45.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,750	66.00–76.00	71.24
7	—	1,674	70.00–78.00	73.87

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

Steers · 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