Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 18
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
51 vs last sale 87 200 vs year ago 236 · 84.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
19 vs last sale 30 61 vs year ago 72 · 84.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 1 45 vs year ago 49 · 91.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

not enough to make a market

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $161.85/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$161.85
10 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.38
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519163.168489thin
Medium and Large 2435150.006531thin
One grade step is worth $13.16/cwt here — about $195 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 sale10 hd
161.85
MS average13 barns · 349 hd
137.47
+24.38
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
BullsAverage1,523106.921,6282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02077.717932thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03752.585453thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310194.00/cwt194.00–194.006011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423174.26/cwt170.00–179.007372
BullsMedium and Large 2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007162
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,6341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,9701
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,5011
Bulls1,523106.92/cwt105.00–109.001,6282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02077.71/cwt76.00–80.007932
CowsLean 85-90%1,16361.37/cwt58.00–64.007142
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78535.00/cwt35.00–35.002751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290192.00/cwt192.00–192.005571
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375181.00/cwt181.00–181.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513170.98/cwt169.00–173.008773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2855112.00/cwt112.00–112.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423146.57/cwt144.00–149.006202

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.