Name: Macon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers and heifers sold mixed 10.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.70/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −53.53 against this barn's trailing median of $384.23.

Average price

$330.70

7 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$11.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.42

vs MS average

−39.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	335.58	1,748	4thin
Medium and Large 2	525	324.20	1,702	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $46 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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.33, low $347.96, median $384.23 across 12 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 sale7 hd

330.70

—

MS average7 barns · 106 hd

334.12

−3.42

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−39.75

This barn, trailing median12 sales

384.23

−53.53

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	—	Low	1,305	151.62	1,979	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	162.33	2,140	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,106	143.12	1,583	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	848	$2,312	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	883	$1,183	2thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	327.50/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	375.02/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	335.58/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	372.56/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	399.81/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	366.27/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	323.72/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	388.81/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	354.17/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	448.31/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	398.79/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	368.77/cwt	364.00–377.50	2,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	398.65/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	442.55/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	373.72/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,143	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,091	1
Bulls	—	—	1,305	151.62/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,979	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	158.92/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,875	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	138.60/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,504	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	163.99/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	314.30/cwt	292.50–337.50	1,509	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	848	2,312.39/head	2,300.00–2,325.00	2,312	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	883	1,183.43/head	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	408.29/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	419.70/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	332.26/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	324.20/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	364.98/cwt	362.50–367.50	985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	336.72/cwt	310.00–357.50	1,256	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	261.25/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.41/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	376.10/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	361.22/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	420.78/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.83/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,625	6

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 Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 232Year ago 246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 31Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 8Year ago 16

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers and heifers sold mixed 10.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	350.00	350.00
5	250–300	276	370.00–380.00	375.02
4	300–350	315	370.00–375.00	372.56
4	350–400	359	365.00–370.00	366.27
3	400–450	400	350.00–362.50	354.17
6	450–500	470	342.50–350.00	345.83
4	500–550	521	330.00–342.50	335.58
2	600–650	630	322.50–325.00	323.72
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	860	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	370.00	370.00
3	250–300	270	362.50–367.50	364.98
6	350–400	373	310.00–357.50	336.72
4	400–450	420	300.00–345.00	332.26
2	450–500	480	292.50–337.50	314.30
3	500–550	525	322.50–325.00	324.20
1	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	335	410.00–430.00	419.70
3	350–400	370	355.00–400.00	380.41
2	400–450	420	350.00–370.00	360.24
1	450–500	470	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	540	352.50	352.50
2	750–800	760	257.50–265.00	261.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	445.00–450.00	448.31
3	350–400	352	410.00–427.50	420.78
2	400–450	418	392.50–405.00	398.79
2	450–500	488	392.50–405.00	398.65
2	500–550	525	395.00–405.00	399.81
3	550–600	563	364.00–377.50	368.77
2	600–650	620	357.50–365.00	361.22
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	425	370.00–382.50	376.10
2	450–500	480	300.00–355.00	327.50
1	500–550	500	357.50	357.50
1	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	440.00–445.00	442.55
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	375	405.00–410.00	408.29
4	400–450	424	385.00–395.00	388.81
2	450–500	460	372.50–375.00	373.72
1	600–650	620	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	675	317.50	317.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,320	163.00–165.00	163.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	153.00–164.00	158.92
7	—	1,085	130.00–147.00	138.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	150.00–154.00	151.62

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	848	2,300.00–2,325.00	2,312.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	883	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,183.43

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 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