Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 23
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
66 vs last sale 90 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
6 vs last sale 30 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 7.00-16.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.55/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$121.55
16 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$5.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.07
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483123.1659511thin
Medium and Large 2458118.005405thin
One grade step is worth $5.16/cwt here — about $55 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
121.55
MS average10 barns · 316 hd
118.47
+3.07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,62096.001,5551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02061.2862512
CowsLean 85-90%Low80737.583038thin

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2450120.33/cwt118.00–122.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460125.95/cwt115.00–131.005795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2285137.00/cwt137.00–137.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680100.00/cwt100.00–100.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 265592.00/cwt92.00–92.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418129.49/cwt129.00–130.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28401,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0011,2141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
CowsLean 85-90%81327.20/cwt25.00–30.002212
CowsLean 85-90%82748.24/cwt40.00–55.003995
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02061.28/cwt47.00–69.0062512
CowsLean 85-90%6955.00/cwt5.00–5.00351
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,6481
Bulls1,62096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005921

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.