Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00-17.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.68/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$117.68

16 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$6.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.77

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	447	121.01	541	8thin
Medium and Large 2	422	114.35	483	8thin

One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $58 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 sale16 hd

117.68

—

MS average12 barns · 281 hd

110.92

+6.77

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	1,637	90.12	1,475	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	60.24	683	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	854	39.81	340	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	133.70/cwt	130.00–140.00	492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	106.47/cwt	105.00–108.00	466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	107.04/cwt	105.00–109.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,958	100.19/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,962	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	60.24/cwt	54.00–68.00	683	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	854	39.81/cwt	34.00–45.00	340	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	529	1
Bulls	—	—	1,423	83.40/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,187	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	120.38/cwt	116.00–125.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	108.35/cwt	105.00–115.00	464	3

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 Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 190Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 33Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00-17.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	122.00	122.00
1	—	490	109.00	109.00
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
1	—	750	96.00	96.00
3	—	368	130.00–140.00	133.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	116.00–125.00	120.38
3	—	428	105.00–115.00	108.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	105.00–108.00	106.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	142.50	142.50
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	105.00–109.00	107.04
1	—	295	117.50	117.50
1	—	325	113.00	113.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	555	96.00	96.00
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
1	—	545	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	101.00	101.00
1	—	195	107.50	107.50
1	—	445	118.00	118.00
1	—	540	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,958	98.00–102.00	100.19
3	—	1,423	78.00–88.00	83.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,134	54.00–68.00	60.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	854	34.00–45.00	39.81

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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