Macon Stockyard Market Report

Macon, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

421 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Macon Stockyard report →

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $106.72/cwt -19.61 vs last sale · ≈ $448/hd at 420 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $111.73/cwt ≈ $486/hd at 435 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $104.85/cwt ≈ $517/hd at 493 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	421	317	452
Feeder cattle	356	271	399
Slaughter cattle	33	44	41
Replacement cattle	32	2	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 5.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00-6.00 lower. Quality was plain to average. Demand was weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	135.00	$135.00	$443	—
350–385	364	4	122.00–135.00	$128.90	$469	-14.38
400–410	405	2	122.00–128.00	$124.96	$506	—
450–495	479	8	115.00–128.00	$119.86	$574	-12.14
500–545	522	11	115.00–123.00	$119.75	$625	-8.69
550–565	559	6	107.00–118.00	$113.99	$637	-8.74
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	-15.60
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	-6.50
795	795	1	105.00	$105.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	5	130.00	$130.00	$540	—
493 value added	493	13	130.00	$130.00	$641	—
578	578	6	119.00	$119.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
285	285	1	115.00	$115.00	$328	-22.00
370–395	380	3	105.00–122.00	$113.12	$430	-29.88
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	-17.45
480	480	1	119.00	$119.00	$571	-4.55
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	-13.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	127.00	$127.00	$349	-7.01
315–340	330	5	120.00–130.00	$122.44	$404	-2.71
355–375	366	5	117.00–126.00	$122.18	$447	-5.44
400–445	420	25	104.00–124.00	$106.72	$448	-19.61
455–490	475	4	102.00–111.00	$106.56	$506	—
500–545	525	6	104.00–110.00	$105.82	$556	—
555–595	579	5	102.00–107.00	$105.19	$609	-5.81
600–635	613	3	97.00–108.00	$102.31	$627	-3.21
655–685	670	3	95.00–109.00	$102.93	$690	-4.39
745	745	1	94.00	$94.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424–448	435	25	102.00–119.50	$111.73	$486	—
489–498	493	16	109.00–113.50	$111.51	$550	—
534	534	4	100.00	$100.00	$534	—
564	564	6	106.50	$106.50	$601	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	130.00	$130.00	$299	—
305–330	315	3	100.00–110.00	$103.49	$326	-15.51
355–385	370	2	102.00–108.00	$105.12	$389	-15.20
410–420	415	3	90.00–102.00	$97.29	$404	-15.11
455–495	479	8	96.00–104.00	$99.39	$476	-5.61
530–535	532	3	90.00–100.00	$95.02	$506	-10.78
555–565	561	4	90.00–95.00	$93.25	$523	-12.09
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	-9.67

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–499	493	19	104.00–105.00	$104.85	$517	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	125.00–137.50	$131.39	$289	—
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
385	385	1	112.00	$112.00	$431	—
455–495	475	2	105.00–108.00	$106.56	$506	-11.65
510–520	515	3	90.00–95.00	$91.67	$472	-19.73
605–645	625	2	92.00–100.00	$95.87	$599	-8.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	3	120.00–130.00	$123.97	$456	-15.03
450–480	467	3	105.00–110.00	$107.96	$504	—
555–590	573	2	98.00–100.00	$98.97	$567	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1455	1116	85-90%	8	32.00–40.00	$35.30	$394	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1410	1290	80-85%	5	40.00–48.00	$43.42	$560	—
1240–1430	1330	80-85%	3	50.00–53.00	$50.93	$677	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–2135	1527	5	67.00–86.00	$76.80	$1,173	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	1	55.00	$55.00	$539	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	60.00	$60.00	$504	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
915–1205	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	700.00–875.00	$831.39
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1095–1360	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–720.00	$673.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–880	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	920.00–950.00	$933.59
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	990.00	$990.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.