Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2019-11-19

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 19
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▲ 228 vs last sale 342▲ 570 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 46▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 5 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 sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-7.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.66/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$132.66
233 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.10
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2725135.47982187
Medium and Large 2589121.5871740
Medium and Large 3494119.185896thin
One grade step is worth $16.29/cwt here — about $393 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 sale233 hd
132.66
—
MS average13 barns · 1,581 hd
135.77
−3.10
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—Average1,78570.001,2502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32847.236278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11534.533856thin

Every lot

60 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 2385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 2423136.46/cwt130.00–143.005772
Steers—Medium and Large 3440121.05/cwt117.00–125.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 2476135.33/cwt130.00–140.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 3488122.49/cwt120.00–125.005982
Steers—Medium and Large 3530113.00/cwt113.00–113.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 2532120.03/cwt116.00–124.006395
Steers—Medium and Large 2574121.80/cwt115.00–128.0069911
Steers—Medium and Large 3580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 2624122.01/cwt119.00–127.007617
Steers—Medium and Large 2656114.02/cwt111.00–120.007485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677135.91/cwt134.75–137.00920128
Steers—Medium and Large 2720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 2774107.22/cwt105.00–110.008304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,11559
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215122.00/cwt122.00–122.002621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260110.00/cwt110.00–110.002861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278122.61/cwt120.00–125.003412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318118.44/cwt117.00–120.003772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370114.17/cwt110.00–120.004224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373106.54/cwt100.00–115.003973
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3-4415105.00/cwt105.00–105.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425108.57/cwt105.00–118.004616
Heifers—Medium and Large 3-4450102.00/cwt102.00–102.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473109.04/cwt100.00–118.005168
Heifers—Medium and Large 348596.47/cwt95.00–98.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509103.71/cwt100.00–110.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 352391.96/cwt91.00–93.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553103.98/cwt100.00–108.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2609106.27/cwt105.00–109.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 266397.51/cwt95.00–100.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275112.07/cwt110.00–114.003082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2283142.82/cwt135.00–149.004043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300152.00/cwt152.00–152.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318147.84/cwt141.00–152.004703
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335138.00/cwt138.00–138.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 3-4350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385140.34/cwt132.00–148.005405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390148.00/cwt148.00–148.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435129.73/cwt122.00–140.005645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465126.99/cwt123.00–130.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 3-4480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525117.80/cwt112.00–134.006189
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570115.49/cwt115.00–116.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575118.97/cwt117.00–121.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09730.00/cwt30.00–30.003293
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13239.06/cwt35.00–42.004423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27347.91/cwt46.50–50.006107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,71542.50/cwt42.50–42.507291
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,220510.00/cwt510.00–510.006,2221
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,370800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,9601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,715620.00/cwt620.00–620.0010,6331

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.