Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 173▲ 271 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 3▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and heifers 4 to 8 higher. slaughter cows 3 to 5 lower slaughter bulls steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.36/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$107.36
42 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.41
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2477110.1852633
Medium and Large 341497.004019thin
One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
107.36
—
MS average13 barns · 1,319 hd
113.77
−6.41
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,80571.711,2954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18942.485054thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99934.313439thin

Every lot

56 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1215158.00/cwt158.00–158.003401
Steers—Medium and Large 2245148.00/cwt148.00–148.003631
Steers—Medium and Large 2270144.58/cwt140.00–149.003902
Steers—Medium and Large 2345127.00/cwt127.00–127.004381
Steers—Medium and Large 2360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005651
Steers—Medium and Large 1423150.00/cwt150.00–150.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 2436142.76/cwt139.00–147.006225
Steers—Medium and Large 2470130.51/cwt128.00–134.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 3503122.50/cwt122.00–123.006162
Steers—Medium and Large 2519132.81/cwt127.00–138.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 2575121.50/cwt119.00–125.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 2668104.52/cwt100.00–109.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 2700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225120.00/cwt120.00–120.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3250111.00/cwt111.00–111.002781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273123.02/cwt121.00–125.003362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330124.06/cwt122.00–126.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 333088.95/cwt88.00–90.002942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365128.17/cwt124.00–134.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415119.37/cwt110.00–125.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 347592.06/cwt89.00–95.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478103.50/cwt100.00–106.004956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530102.65/cwt100.00–107.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 354095.00/cwt95.00–95.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582100.20/cwt98.00–103.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608100.00/cwt100.00–100.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718106.59/cwt103.00–110.007652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2283133.78/cwt130.00–137.503792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305139.00/cwt139.00–139.004241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395105.00/cwt105.00–105.004151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414124.95/cwt120.00–130.005175
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465124.00/cwt124.00–124.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525116.33/cwt111.00–121.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560106.00/cwt106.00–106.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2614107.96/cwt101.00–112.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 285570.00/cwt70.00–70.005991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55060.00/cwt60.00–60.009301
Bulls——1,88579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,4991
Bulls——1,89373.67/cwt72.50–75.001,3952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79824.76/cwt20.00–30.001982
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02837.88/cwt36.00–40.003896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18942.48/cwt40.00–45.005054
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23032.00/cwt32.00–32.003941
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1785700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,4951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2845700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,065820.00/cwt820.00–820.008,7331
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0012,2041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,125570.00/cwt570.00–570.006,4131
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,090450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,9051
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2735350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5732
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2805400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,2201

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.