Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER COWS\BULLS STEADY FEEDER STEERS\ HEIFERS 4 TO 10 HIGHER

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.12/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$128.12

107 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$362

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

$6.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

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	523	132.09	691	24
Medium and Large 2	439	130.86	574	24
Medium and Large 1	840	125.40	1,053	59

One grade step is worth $6.69/cwt here — about −$362 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 sale107 hd

128.12

—

MS average12 barns · 1,011 hd

129.55

−1.43

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	1,624	87.93	1,428	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	67.32	872	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	47.27	490	16

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,619	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,208	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	759.48/cwt	680.00–820.00	7,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	129.45/cwt	123.00–136.00	438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	133.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	136.48/cwt	132.00–141.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	121.04/cwt	117.00–125.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	133.02/cwt	121.00–135.00	576	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	117.96/cwt	115.00–121.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	129.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	136.39/cwt	115.00–139.00	536	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.02/cwt	153.00–157.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	123.98/cwt	121.00–129.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.49/cwt	123.00–128.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	136.51/cwt	135.00–138.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	142.28/cwt	137.00–148.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	133.61/cwt	129.00–138.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	135.65/cwt	131.00–137.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.05/cwt	122.00–131.00	603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	119.03/cwt	113.00–124.00	796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	138.46/cwt	131.00–144.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	145.04/cwt	134.00–152.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	125.40/cwt	125.40–125.40	1,053	59
Bulls	—	—	1,763	96.60/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,703	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	52.80/cwt	37.00–63.00	582	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	38.04/cwt	32.00–43.00	353	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	67.32/cwt	55.00–74.00	872	9
Bulls	—	—	1,554	83.59/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,299	4

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 Jun 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 135Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 15Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 0

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER COWS\BULLS STEADY FEEDER STEERS\ HEIFERS 4 TO 10 HIGHER

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	—	985	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	680.00–820.00	759.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	123.00–136.00	129.45
2	—	578	120.00–125.00	122.53
8	—	433	121.00–135.00	133.02
2	—	513	115.00–121.00	117.96
9	—	393	115.00–139.00	136.39
1	—	670	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
8	—	525	130.00–136.00	133.14
1	—	330	135.00	135.00
1	—	435	138.00	138.00
4	—	629	121.00–129.00	123.98
3	—	560	129.00–138.00	133.61
1	—	655	122.00	122.00
5	—	476	131.00–137.00	135.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	840	125.40	125.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	113.00	113.00
2	—	555	117.00–125.00	121.04
2	—	428	125.00–135.00	129.91
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	122.00–131.00	127.05
4	—	669	113.00–124.00	119.03
4	—	431	131.00–144.00	138.46
3	—	360	134.00–152.00	145.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	145.00	145.00
1	—	560	142.00	142.00
1	—	665	134.00	134.00
2	—	480	153.00–157.00	155.02
1	—	435	158.00	158.00
2	—	615	135.00–138.00	136.51
3	—	537	137.00–148.00	142.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	132.00–141.00	136.48
2	—	528	123.00–128.00	125.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	95.00–98.00	96.60
4	—	1,554	75.00–88.00	83.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,103	37.00–63.00	52.80
6	—	928	32.00–43.00	38.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,295	55.00–74.00	67.32

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

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Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle