Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, May 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
187 vs last sale 249 176 vs year ago 238 · 73.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
10 vs last sale 28 11 vs year ago 27 · +40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 19 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 3 to5 higher feedersteers\heifers steady to 5 higher

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.30/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$136.30
17 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.46
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2416140.3858413thin
Medium and Large 2516123.026354thin
One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale17 hd
136.30
MS average13 barns · 354 hd
120.84
+15.46
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
BullsAverage1,55178.241,2139thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26364.738182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07452.9556912

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 2280105.00/cwt105.00–105.002941
BullsMedium and Large 2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510134.00/cwt134.00–134.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275132.00/cwt132.00–132.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515124.31/cwt120.00–130.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2333145.45/cwt135.00–156.004843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422141.09/cwt137.00–145.005953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469134.07/cwt125.00–143.006294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2320135.00/cwt135.00–135.004321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378147.55/cwt145.00–150.005582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395129.00/cwt129.00–129.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2435129.00/cwt129.00–129.005611
SteersMedium and Large 2255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
HeifersMedium and Large 2460121.02/cwt119.00–123.005572
BullsMedium and Large 2570116.54/cwt115.00–118.006642
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2885800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,0801
Bulls1,69587.24/cwt82.00–91.001,4794
CowsLean 85-90%1,07452.95/cwt48.00–58.0056912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26364.73/cwt59.00–70.008182
Bulls1,20371.48/cwt71.00–72.008602
Bulls1,59070.74/cwt60.00–75.001,1253

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.