Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2026-05-11

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 149 vs last sale 250▼ 90 vs year ago 191 · −47.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 36▼ 24 vs year ago 35 · −68.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.35/cwt on 15 head, down $13.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +33.79 against this barn's trailing median of $352.56.
Average price
$386.35
▼ 13.87 vs prior sale
15 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,181
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.76
vs MS average
−30.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522425.002,2193thin
Medium and Large 2530385.142,0412thin
Medium and Large 1-2584375.002,19010thin
One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale15 hd
386.35
—
MS average13 barns · 268 hd
395.11
−8.76
National average171 barns · 11,385 hd
417.11
−30.76
This barn, trailing median16 sales
352.56
+33.79
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

16 sales
422379335291median 352.5603/1605/0408/0309/2810/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.33, low $305.27, median $352.56 across 16 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,325167.002,2131thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093165.941,8146thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,8751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325560.23/cwt555.00–565.001,8212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388495.09/cwt490.00–500.001,9213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458487.46/cwt480.00–495.002,2332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,7801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,5181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558417.53/cwt410.00–425.002,3302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4641
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5544
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,5933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,1341
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4361
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426413.46/cwt390.00–430.001,7614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430475.00/cwt470.00–485.002,0433
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465442.66/cwt435.00–450.002,0582
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530385.14/cwt370.00–400.002,0412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,19010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2951
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,4171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380547.40/cwt545.00–550.002,0802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530445.00/cwt440.00–450.002,3592
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533432.70/cwt425.00–438.002,3063
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578405.10/cwt400.00–415.002,3413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5521
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,6701
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627391.17/cwt375.00–415.002,4533
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7301
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5691
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5011
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,5521
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,6671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093165.94/cwt153.00–176.001,8146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,2131

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.