Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −149.51 against this barn's trailing median of $439.51.

Average price

$290.00

1 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.81

vs MS average

−23.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	290.00	1,450	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $463.12, low $388.02, median $439.51 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

290.00

—

MS average7 barns · 125 hd

286.19

+3.81

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−23.00

This barn, trailing median18 sales

439.51

−149.51

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	1,404	124.00	1,741	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	113.66	1,620	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	107.40	1,145	22

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,810	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,404	124.00/cwt	115.00–135.00	1,741	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	113.66/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,620	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	110.05/cwt	102.00–125.00	1,206	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	90.64/cwt	84.00–96.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	302.44/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	257.59/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,108	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	1,810.14/head	1,425.00–2,125.00	1,810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	256.59/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,082	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.06/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	303.80/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	346.74/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	281.58/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	321.23/cwt	320.00–322.50	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	306.16/cwt	292.50–320.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	351.89/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,154	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,092	1

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 343Year ago 226

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 31Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 7

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to $5 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,404	115.00–135.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,425	112.00–115.00	113.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,096	102.00–125.00	110.05
3	—	878	84.00–96.00	90.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	350	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	472	278.00–285.00	281.58
1	550–600	550	283.00	283.00
1	600–650	610	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	292.50–320.00	306.16
1	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	342.50	342.50
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	420	300.00–305.00	302.44
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	370.00	370.00
4	300–350	328	347.50–355.00	351.89
3	350–400	388	337.50–360.00	346.74
1	400–450	400	332.00	332.00
2	450–500	458	295.00–312.50	303.80
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	605	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	310.00	310.00
2	300–350	305	320.00–322.50	321.23
1	350–400	370	292.50	292.50
6	400–450	430	250.00–265.00	257.59
3	450–500	478	255.00–260.00	256.59
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	560	235.00–252.50	245.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,295	1,425.00–2,125.00	1,810.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,250.00	1,250.00

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

Slaughter Cattle

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