Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 242 vs last sale 364▼ 85 vs year ago 207 · −41.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 27 vs year ago 13 · +207.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 3 weeks ago steers sold higher $5 - $15. Heifers sold higher $5 - $10. Slaughter cows and bulls sold higher $2 $5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $281.15/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$281.15
27 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.25
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409282.741,15626
Medium and Large 2595240.001,4281thin
One grade step is worth $42.74/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale27 hd
281.15
—
MS average6 barns · 481 hd
250.90
+30.25
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
Bulls—Average1,489116.601,7369thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27497.451,2429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06487.0392612

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$1,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$1,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,019$9251thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—373273.57/cwt270.00–277.001,0202
BullsMedium and Large 1—330283.00/cwt276.00–290.009342
BullsMedium and Large 1—469255.36/cwt250.00–267.501,1985
BullsMedium and Large 2—482242.73/cwt239.00–246.001,1703
SteersMedium and Large 1—418288.47/cwt287.00–290.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465237.70/cwt229.00–245.001,1054
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3551,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0651,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,019925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bulls——1,489116.60/cwt105.00–125.001,7369
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27497.45/cwt88.00–104.001,2429
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06487.03/cwt80.00–92.0092612
BullsMedium and Large 1—540234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2641
BullsMedium and Large 1—585237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3861
BullsMedium and Large 1—840169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1—383289.05/cwt282.50–302.501,1074
BullsMedium and Large 1—428268.23/cwt260.00–275.001,1483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0272
SteersMedium and Large 1—373295.39/cwt290.00–302.501,1026
SteersMedium and Large 1—563256.73/cwt250.00–274.001,4454
SteersMedium and Large 1—323296.18/cwt292.50–302.509576
SteersMedium and Large 1—285303.53/cwt297.50–310.008652
SteersMedium and Large 2—595240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4281
SteersMedium and Large 1—480265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2721
SteersMedium and Large 1—519252.71/cwt250.00–254.001,3124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295285.00/cwt285.00–285.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331265.52/cwt260.00–270.008794
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505220.50/cwt218.00–223.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385242.40/cwt235.00–250.009332
SteersMedium and Large 1—240315.00/cwt315.00–315.007561

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.