Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.44/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$108.44

89 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.35

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	345	130.00	449	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	493	109.56	540	34
Medium and Large 3	478	108.01	516	26
Medium and Large 2	440	107.17	472	27
Medium and Large 2-3	490	94.00	461	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale89 hd

108.44

—

MS average13 barns · 1,510 hd

112.79

−4.35

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	1,799	71.41	1,285	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,161	44.18	513	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	33.63	343	21

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2	—	524	129.50/cwt	115.00–137.00	679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.42/cwt	120.00–134.00	724	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	127.92/cwt	120.00–135.00	339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	124.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	144.24/cwt	138.00–148.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	108.02/cwt	105.00–112.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	150.17/cwt	140.00–157.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	117.88/cwt	111.00–125.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	139.14/cwt	130.00–145.00	456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	137.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	106.51/cwt	105.00–108.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	119.61/cwt	110.00–137.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,212	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,783	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	8,463	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	8,677	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	945	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	497	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	456	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	9,858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.00/cwt	129.00–134.00	561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	123.10/cwt	110.00–134.00	452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	121.71/cwt	100.00–133.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	109.99/cwt	105.00–113.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	610	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	693	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	4,959	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	960	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,555	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	19,826	1
Bulls	—	—	1,944	75.43/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,466	7
Bulls	—	—	1,597	65.78/cwt	61.00–70.00	1,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	117.16/cwt	109.00–128.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	105.96/cwt	103.00–109.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	115.76/cwt	105.00–131.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	89.01/cwt	88.00–90.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	106.07/cwt	99.00–113.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	99.45/cwt	94.00–105.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	110.61/cwt	95.00–120.00	470	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	39.51/cwt	38.00–40.00	488	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	560	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	27.32/cwt	20.00–39.00	270	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	45.61/cwt	44.00–48.00	516	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	36.79/cwt	30.00–46.00	382	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	103.09/cwt	90.00–105.00	546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	101.22/cwt	92.00–109.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	120.26/cwt	85.00–124.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	101.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	89.06/cwt	82.00–96.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	118.98/cwt	115.00–121.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	106.79/cwt	100.00–111.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	112.89/cwt	108.00–118.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	101.98/cwt	90.00–112.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	123.11/cwt	119.00–127.00	385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	119.07/cwt	112.00–129.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	117.15/cwt	110.00–124.00	440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	96.05/cwt	88.00–105.00	446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.01/cwt	127.00–141.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	131.54/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	111.61/cwt	105.00–119.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	99.82/cwt	90.00–107.00	515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	127.38/cwt	120.00–135.00	395	2

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 Nov 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 584Last week 308Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 4Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	115.00–137.00	129.50
20	—	577	120.00–134.00	125.42
2	—	265	120.00–135.00	127.92
2	—	223	120.00–130.00	124.49
4	—	415	138.00–148.00	144.24
3	—	620	105.00–112.00	108.02
3	—	378	140.00–157.00	150.17
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
3	—	328	130.00–145.00	139.14
2	—	840	145.00	145.00
2	—	715	105.00–108.00	106.51
2	—	885	137.00	137.00
5	—	478	127.00–141.00	133.01
4	—	975	129.00–134.00	131.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	460	105.00	105.00
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
2	—	438	111.00–125.00	117.88
3	—	285	135.00–138.00	137.00
3	—	520	110.00–137.00	119.61
2	—	588	109.00–111.00	110.00
1	—	795	100.00	100.00
2	—	310	120.00–135.00	127.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
1	—	450	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	130.00–138.00	134.96
3	—	425	129.00–134.00	132.00
2	—	570	106.00–108.00	106.99
4	—	473	105.00–131.00	115.76
2	—	720	88.00–90.00	89.01
2	—	505	99.00–113.00	106.07
1	—	630	92.00	92.00
1	—	345	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	110.00–134.00	123.10
3	—	413	100.00–133.00	121.71
5	—	510	105.00–113.00	109.99
4	—	474	109.00–128.00	117.16
2	—	568	103.00–109.00	105.96
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	94.00–105.00	99.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	95.00–120.00	110.61
2	—	610	82.00–96.00	89.06
3	—	517	90.00–112.00	101.98
6	—	376	110.00–124.00	117.15
4	—	464	88.00–105.00	96.05
2	—	555	100.00–105.00	102.50
2	—	318	105.00–119.00	111.61
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	90.00–105.00	103.09
1	—	665	70.00	70.00
10	—	427	85.00–124.00	120.26
7	—	463	95.00–105.00	101.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	92.00–109.00	101.22
5	—	429	115.00–121.00	118.98
3	—	673	100.00–111.00	106.79
2	—	465	108.00–118.00	112.89
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	620	103.00	103.00
4	—	313	119.00–127.00	123.11
4	—	364	112.00–129.00	119.07
7	—	516	90.00–107.00	99.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	130.00	130.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	670.00	670.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	580.00	580.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	945	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	930.00	930.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	640.00	640.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	57.00	57.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,555	1,275.00	1,275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,944	72.00–77.00	75.43
5	—	1,597	61.00–70.00	65.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	38.00–40.00	39.51
1	—	1,120	50.00	50.00
9	—	1,132	44.00–48.00	45.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	989	20.00–39.00	27.32
14	—	1,037	30.00–46.00	36.79

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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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