the "equivalent" button on the Xbox controller is not working correctly

when i am putting items from my inventory into a chest, i hit the Y to use the "equivalent" option, but it puts in the wrong items. for example, i was putting uncooked meat into a chest with other uncooked meat. but when i hit the button on controller, it left the meat in my inventory and put ammo into the chest. i tried using the mouse, and that worked correctly. so it is just an Xbox controller issue. i am using a wired controller, connected via USB to my computer.