Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

not enough cattle to report a market

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.06/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$145.06

11 head · 415 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

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

$28.67/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 1-2	398	147.67	588	10thin
Medium and Large 2	585	119.00	696	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.67/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale11 hd

145.06

—

MS average13 barns · 531 hd

145.28

−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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	75.22	846	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	963	48.65	468	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	1,155	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	14,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	155.47/cwt	152.00–159.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	153.57/cwt	145.00–159.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	180.51/cwt	180.00–181.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	153.00/cwt	151.00–155.00	551	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,909	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	774.80/cwt	725.00–820.00	6,803	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	75.22/cwt	72.00–80.00	846	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	270	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	56.84/cwt	55.00–60.00	607	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	49.40/cwt	44.00–54.00	451	3

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 Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 177Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 28Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 2

not enough cattle to report a market

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	—	1,155	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	735.00	735.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	878	725.00–820.00	774.80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	138.00	138.00
2	—	278	152.00–159.00	155.47
1	—	635	133.00	133.00
3	—	333	145.00–159.00	153.57
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
2	—	360	151.00–155.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	180.00–181.00	180.51
1	—	350	176.00	176.00
1	—	445	149.00	149.00
1	—	595	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	190.00	190.00
1	—	360	179.00	179.00
1	—	540	149.00	149.00
1	—	430	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	72.00–80.00	75.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	30.00	30.00
2	—	1,068	55.00–60.00	56.84
3	—	913	44.00–54.00	49.40

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

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