Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows 3 to 6 lower feeder steers\heifers steady to 4 higher

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.58/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$132.58

30 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$10.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

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	463	138.92	644	12thin
Medium and Large 2	413	128.36	531	18thin

One grade step is worth $10.56/cwt here — about $113 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 sale30 hd

132.58

—

MS average13 barns · 774 hd

127.41

+5.17

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	1,473	94.75	1,395	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	58.22	759	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	50.54	512	21

Every lot, as filed

48 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	129.96/cwt	127.00–133.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	148.50/cwt	140.00–157.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	150.02/cwt	148.00–152.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	133.52/cwt	133.00–134.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	130.81/cwt	122.00–140.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	140.68/cwt	135.00–146.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	148.01/cwt	146.00–150.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.91/cwt	130.00–144.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	139.91/cwt	138.00–142.00	455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	115.81/cwt	110.00–122.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	132.48/cwt	132.00–133.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	134.30/cwt	125.00–135.75	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	123.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	220	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	134.20/cwt	118.00–140.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	131.15/cwt	125.00–138.00	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	132.37/cwt	125.00–137.00	417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	121.89/cwt	115.00–130.00	390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	129.57/cwt	117.00–139.00	547	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,895	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,213	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,481	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,305	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	58.22/cwt	53.00–64.00	759	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	52.45/cwt	40.00–60.00	534	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	32.40/cwt	30.00–35.00	314	2

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 Sep 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 278Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 49Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 16Year ago 9

compared to last week slaugther cows 3 to 6 lower feeder steers\heifers steady to 4 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	149.00	149.00
2	—	578	127.00–133.00	129.96
2	—	335	140.00–157.00	148.50
2	—	435	148.00–152.00	150.02
2	—	465	133.00–134.00	133.52
1	—	535	131.00	131.00
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
1	—	375	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	120.00–130.00	123.76
1	—	220	146.00	146.00
5	—	389	118.00–140.00	134.20
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	124.00	124.00
3	—	320	115.00–130.00	121.89
3	—	422	117.00–139.00	129.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	122.00–140.00	130.81
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	135.00–146.00	140.68
1	—	600	140.00	140.00
2	—	453	146.00–150.00	148.01
2	—	573	130.00–144.00	136.91
1	—	670	132.00	132.00
2	—	325	138.00–142.00	139.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	110.00–122.00	115.81
1	—	235	115.00	115.00
2	—	605	110.00–115.00	112.48
1	—	345	119.00	119.00
1	—	565	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	132.00–133.00	132.48
2	—	618	112.00–115.00	113.48
1	—	385	136.00	136.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
7	—	528	125.00–135.75	134.30
1	—	585	129.00	129.00
1	—	665	118.00	118.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00
2	—	233	125.00–138.00	131.15
3	—	315	125.00–137.00	132.37

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	710.00	710.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	102.50	102.50
1	—	1,500	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	53.00–64.00	58.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,018	40.00–60.00	52.45
2	—	970	30.00–35.00	32.40

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

Bulls · 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