Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.64/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$127.64

105 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$17.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.37

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	636	132.04	840	36
Medium and Large 2	634	129.78	822	7thin
Medium and Large 1	821	125.00	1,026	61
Medium and Large 2-3	530	115.00	610	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.04/cwt here — about $231 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 sale105 hd

127.64

—

MS average13 barns · 1,212 hd

140.01

−12.37

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	1,541	90.40	1,393	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	61.59	665	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	53.19	547	9thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	126.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	141.63/cwt	140.00–146.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	114.27/cwt	111.00–118.00	769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	120.65/cwt	118.00–122.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,026	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	130.71/cwt	129.00–132.50	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	130.67/cwt	128.00–132.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.32/cwt	120.00–133.00	649	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	135.36/cwt	128.00–139.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	148.56/cwt	142.00–160.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	721	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	919	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.12/cwt	124.00–132.00	604	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	118.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	673	5
Bulls	—	—	1,593	92.25/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,470	4
Bulls	—	—	1,335	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,108	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	765	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	134.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	123.89/cwt	119.00–129.00	588	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	61.59/cwt	56.00–70.00	665	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	53.19/cwt	43.00–59.00	547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	138.26/cwt	134.00–144.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	122.21/cwt	117.00–123.50	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	130.10/cwt	125.00–135.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	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 Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 160Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	105.00	105.00
1	—	425	118.00	118.00
5	—	559	117.00–123.50	122.21
2	—	373	125.00–135.00	130.10
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	715	110.00	110.00
3	—	673	111.00–118.00	114.27
3	—	520	118.00–122.00	120.65
12	—	832	92.00	92.00
3	—	410	132.00–136.00	134.33
2	—	475	119.00–129.00	123.89
4	—	330	134.00–144.00	138.26
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
1	—	360	143.00	143.00
1	—	950	80.00	80.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	122.00–128.00	126.01
2	—	578	129.00–132.50	130.71
2	—	540	134.00–135.00	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
1	—	335	141.00	141.00
10	—	526	140.00–146.00	141.63
3	—	608	128.00–132.00	130.67
1	—	780	130.00	130.00
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
1	—	560	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	821	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	721	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	522	120.00–133.00	124.32
5	—	420	128.00–139.00	135.36
4	—	379	142.00–160.00	148.56
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
1	—	615	116.00	116.00
1	—	340	161.00	161.00
8	—	475	124.00–132.00	127.12
5	—	566	115.00–125.00	118.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	112.00	112.00
1	—	540	117.00	117.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,593	90.00–94.00	92.25
1	—	1,335	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,080	56.00–70.00	61.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,028	43.00–59.00	53.19

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