Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend but market was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $276.10/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −138.29 against this barn's trailing median of $414.39.

Average price

$276.10

3 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,234

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.51

vs MS average

−37.54 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	276.10	1,234	3thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

23 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $447.33, low $368.13, median $414.39 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

276.10

—

MS average13 barns · 191 hd

280.61

−4.51

National average124 barns · 3,534 hd

313.64

−37.54

This barn, trailing median23 sales

414.39

−138.29

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	2,055	181.00	3,720	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,497	150.75	2,257	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,263	134.75	1,702	5thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	908	$2,619	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	953	$1,915	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,895	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,320	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,596	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	825	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	2,055	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,720	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	142.44/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,808	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,497	150.75/cwt	144.00–154.00	2,257	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	988	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	953	1,915.22/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,915	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,246	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	825	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,298	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	2,857.33/head	2,650.00–3,100.00	2,857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	800	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	2,334.36/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,334	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	908	2,619.05/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,394	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,895.26/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	270.40/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	372.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	309.09/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,026	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	288.52/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	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 Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36Last week 284Year ago 298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 33Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 11Year ago 10

Not enough data to call a trend but market was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,055	181.00	181.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	135.00–148.00	142.44
1	—	1,240	104.00	104.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	144.00–154.00	150.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	400	247.00	247.00
1	450–500	490	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	523	285.00–292.00	288.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	392.00	392.00
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	440	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	370.00–375.00	372.55
1	300–350	325	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	428	265.00–276.00	270.40
1	450–500	485	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	280.00–325.00	309.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	953	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,915.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	908	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,619.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,055	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,895.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,353	2,650.00–3,100.00	2,857.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,242	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,334.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,320	2,950.00	2,950.00

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

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

What quality paid 400–500 lb

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

How it compared 400–500 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS

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