Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were steady to $7 lower, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Quality was more plain type cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.55/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$148.55

75 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$18.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	428	153.33	656	56
Medium and Large 2	429	134.46	577	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about $79 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 sale75 hd

148.55

—

MS average13 barns · 1,465 hd

148.33

+0.22

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	—	Low	1,431	73.73	1,055	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	51.55	627	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	45.04	664	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	41.14	444	11

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	134.41/cwt	122.00–142.00	512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	114.15/cwt	110.00–119.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	151.01/cwt	144.00–160.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	128.79/cwt	122.00–137.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	169.71/cwt	162.50–175.00	541	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	150.46/cwt	146.00–157.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	136.62/cwt	127.50–144.00	444	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	141.28/cwt	132.00–149.00	739	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	133.11/cwt	123.00–143.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	213	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	110.94/cwt	109.00–113.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	170.61/cwt	168.00–177.00	636	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	109.96/cwt	105.00–115.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	133.39/cwt	125.00–137.00	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	113.61/cwt	111.00–115.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	129.50/cwt	123.00–138.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	168.73/cwt	167.00–171.00	461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	143.21/cwt	135.00–152.00	672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	131.50/cwt	128.00–135.00	848	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	41.14/cwt	35.00–44.00	444	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	45.04/cwt	44.00–46.00	664	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	51.10/cwt	48.00–54.00	620	10
Bulls	—	—	1,055	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	612	1
Bulls	—	—	1,494	76.35/cwt	68.00–83.00	1,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	116.06/cwt	113.00–120.00	441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	843	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	726.53/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,319	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	733.32/cwt	675.00–780.00	8,837	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	8,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	95.56/cwt	85.00–100.00	546	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	12,737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	89.50/cwt	89.00–90.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	122.42/cwt	110.00–130.00	403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	112.06/cwt	104.00–117.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	90.22/cwt	87.00–95.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	168.42/cwt	164.00–171.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	113.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	97.49/cwt	85.00–105.00	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	137.68/cwt	130.00–145.00	514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	156.79/cwt	150.00–165.00	448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	85.91/cwt	81.00–94.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	133.80/cwt	131.00–140.00	372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.06/cwt	122.00–138.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	142.88/cwt	130.00–155.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	110.64/cwt	100.00–115.00	477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	84.62/cwt	80.00–92.00	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	95.09/cwt	90.00–107.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	801	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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 334Year ago 410

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 33Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 1Year ago 28

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were steady to $7 lower, Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Quality was more plain type cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
1	—	685	93.00	93.00
7	—	381	122.00–142.00	134.41
6	—	511	110.00–119.00	114.15
3	—	403	134.00–136.00	135.01
10	—	325	127.50–144.00	136.62
2	—	460	123.00–143.00	133.11
2	—	270	139.00	139.00
1	—	213	143.00	143.00
1	—	820	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	113.00–120.00	116.06
5	—	571	85.00–100.00	95.56
5	—	329	110.00–130.00	122.42
3	—	472	104.00–117.00	112.06
4	—	626	87.00–95.00	90.22
4	—	673	85.00–105.00	97.49
3	—	278	131.00–140.00	133.80
1	—	225	125.00	125.00
5	—	431	100.00–115.00	110.64
4	—	523	90.00–107.00	95.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	144.00–160.00	151.01
6	—	512	122.00–137.00	128.79
3	—	610	105.00–115.00	109.96
3	—	567	111.00–115.00	113.61
3	—	467	123.00–138.00	129.50
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	860	98.00	98.00
3	—	372	164.00–171.00	168.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	87.00	87.00
1	—	910	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	109.00–113.00	110.94
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
1	—	835	80.00	80.00
2	—	655	89.00–90.00	89.50
4	—	768	81.00–94.00	85.91
3	—	735	80.00–92.00	84.62
2	—	465	115.00–120.00	117.45
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	300	139.00	139.00
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	319	162.50–175.00	169.71
6	—	425	146.00–157.00	150.46
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
8	—	523	132.00–149.00	141.28
6	—	373	168.00–177.00	170.61
5	—	569	125.00–137.00	133.39
5	—	273	167.00–171.00	168.73
10	—	469	135.00–152.00	143.21
2	—	645	128.00–135.00	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	118.00	118.00
2	—	665	112.00–115.00	113.50
4	—	373	130.00–145.00	137.68
4	—	286	150.00–165.00	156.79
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	530	108.00	108.00
3	—	430	122.00–138.00	130.06
3	—	320	130.00–155.00	142.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	880.00	880.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	870.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,355	940.00	940.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,145	700.00–750.00	726.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,205	675.00–780.00	733.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,080	35.00–44.00	41.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	44.00–46.00	45.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	56.00	56.00
10	—	1,213	48.00–54.00	51.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	58.00	58.00
6	—	1,494	68.00–83.00	76.35

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