Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2026-04-27

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 27
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 253▼ 42 vs year ago 195 · −21.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 26▼ 2 vs year ago 26 · −7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 8▼ 8 vs year ago 16 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 - 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.37/cwt on 8 head, up $12.32 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 17 comparable sales and sits +22.00 against this barn's trailing median of $437.37.
Average price
$459.37
▲ 12.32 vs prior sale
8 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.98
vs MS average
−21.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519474.972,4643thin
Medium and Large 1-2528460.002,4293thin
Medium and Large 2553435.022,4062thin
One grade step is worth $39.95/cwt here — about $58 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
459.37
—
MS average13 barns · 310 hd
439.39
+19.98
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
−21.65
This barn, trailing median17 sales
437.37
+22.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
475425376326median 437.3703/1605/0407/0609/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $460.75, low $340.02, median $437.37 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,674197.563,3074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,370169.392,3212thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,128155.021,74914

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$2,2292thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)943$3,1013thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,085$2,7503thin

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2210630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,3231
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,7341
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273604.17/cwt530.00–650.001,6494
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,1081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7302
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370557.36/cwt555.00–560.002,0622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410506.75/cwt500.00–510.002,0783
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428492.57/cwt490.00–495.002,1082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503472.46/cwt465.00–480.002,3762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4293
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,6401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553435.02/cwt430.00–440.002,4062
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,5564
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5204
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,6382
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,8807
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377490.90/cwt485.00–495.001,8515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378427.42/cwt400.00–457.501,6162
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413428.93/cwt380.00–465.001,7716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468424.81/cwt420.00–430.001,9882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485402.42/cwt387.50–410.001,9523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545391.00/cwt388.00–394.002,1312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,1257
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563386.30/cwt382.50–390.002,1752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1455
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,1981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328504.52/cwt460.00–550.001,6553
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370567.40/cwt565.00–570.002,0992
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379527.62/cwt500.00–540.002,0004
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420472.41/cwt470.00–475.001,9842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442428.38/cwt405.00–440.001,8933
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470462.42/cwt460.00–465.002,1732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475477.50/cwt470.00–485.002,2684
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526416.15/cwt400.00–440.002,1894
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,5711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578417.77/cwt405.00–430.002,4152
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,8081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,608185.90/cwt184.00–188.002,9892
Bulls——1,740209.22/cwt205.00–213.003,6402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0381
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006142.76/cwt136.00–149.001,4364
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,199159.03/cwt153.00–169.001,9077
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,240185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370169.39/cwt168.00–171.002,3212
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19352,927.01/head2,850.00–3,000.002,9272
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19603,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0552,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,725.00/head2,100.00–3,200.002,7252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19802,229.21/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2292

This sale against other markets

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.