Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

not enough cattle to call a trend

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.61/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$143.61

13 head · 382 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.42

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	382	143.61	548	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

143.61

—

MS average13 barns · 905 hd

132.19

+11.42

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	1,290	86.50	1,116	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	998	59.57	595	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	—	1,290	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	148.36/cwt	147.00–150.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	151.96/cwt	150.00–154.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	135.00/cwt	128.00–145.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	175.87/cwt	172.00–180.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	178.97/cwt	178.00–180.00	600	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	59.57/cwt	56.50–62.50	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	680	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 Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 157Year ago 181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 25Year ago 64

not enough cattle to call a trend

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	86.50	86.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	56.50–62.50	59.57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	126.00	126.00
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
1	—	245	190.00	190.00
5	—	374	172.00–180.00	175.87
2	—	335	178.00–180.00	178.97
1	—	400	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	147.00–150.00	148.36
3	—	335	150.00–154.00	151.96
1	—	485	126.00	126.00
1	—	190	165.00	165.00
5	—	432	128.00–145.00	135.00

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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