Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold $13 - $20 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.32/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −85.20 against this barn's trailing median of $439.51.

Average price

$354.32

8 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$16.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.39

vs MS average

−24.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	360.52	2,002	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	343.97	1,799	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale8 hd

354.32

—

MS average12 barns · 181 hd

334.92

+19.39

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−24.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

439.51

−85.20

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	1,902	179.35	3,411	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,452	148.74	2,160	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,215	140.74	1,709	20

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)	1,083	$1,970	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	371.34/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	306.40/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	401.01/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	353.31/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	292.56/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	387.43/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	147.00/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,158	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	153.96/cwt	152.00–156.00	2,163	2
Bulls	—	—	1,902	179.35/cwt	175.00–184.00	3,411	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	128.34/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,394	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,349	152.90/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,063	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	143.32/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,083	1,969.57/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	1,970	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	291.61/cwt	286.00–299.00	2,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	352.29/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	321.01/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	343.97/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	299.95/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	352.74/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,224	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	285.08/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	353.79/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	344.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	2

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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 195Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 26Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 16Year ago 7

Not enough data to call a trend on feeder cattle Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold $13 - $20 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	475	350.00–357.50	353.79
2	500–550	518	367.50–375.00	371.34
3	550–600	580	352.50–355.00	353.31
2	600–650	618	345.00–360.00	352.29
3	650–700	687	286.00–299.00	291.61
1	700–750	705	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	785	268.00	268.00
1	800–850	830	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	325.00–385.00	352.74
3	500–550	523	335.00–350.00	343.97
8	600–650	620	307.00–340.00	321.01
2	700–750	725	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	765	240.00–250.00	245.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
6	850–900	886	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	530	285.00–315.00	299.95
1	550–600	585	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	413	400.00–402.00	401.01
1	450–500	460	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	515	340.00–350.00	344.98
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	640	285.00–300.00	292.56
1	650–700	695	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	385.00–390.00	387.43
1	300–350	345	392.50	392.50
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	460	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	518	300.00–312.50	306.40
2	550–600	583	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	337.50	337.50
1	450–500	480	307.50	307.50
4	500–550	534	275.00–295.00	285.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,468	140.00–150.00	147.00
2	—	1,405	152.00–156.00	153.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,086	125.00–131.00	128.34
4	—	1,349	150.00–158.00	152.90
10	—	1,238	138.00–148.00	143.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,902	175.00–184.00	179.35

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,083	1,800.00–2,250.00	1,969.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,950.00	1,950.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle