Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-01-14

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 14
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 179 vs last sale 297▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 4▲ 29 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 steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $121.22/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$121.22
30 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$240
per head · Medium and Large 3-4 over Medium and Large 2
$26.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.22
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3-4243140.003402thin
Medium and Large 1-2622121.2575422
Medium and Large 3333116.523882thin
Medium and Large 2509113.995804thin
One grade step is worth $26.01/cwt here — about −$240 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 sale30 hd
121.22
—
MS average13 barns · 1,292 hd
132.44
−11.22
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—Average1,24857.507172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26949.7563110
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07430.493275thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2235171.00/cwt171.00–171.004021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290173.00/cwt173.00–173.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345167.00/cwt167.00–167.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 2360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373167.18/cwt166.00–170.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433159.96/cwt153.00–167.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595148.00/cwt148.00–148.008811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3-4235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
Heifers—Medium and Large 3-4250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332142.87/cwt140.00–147.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333116.52/cwt114.00–119.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400143.00/cwt141.00–145.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473114.65/cwt110.00–118.005423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540148.00/cwt148.00–148.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653112.49/cwt110.00–115.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730109.00/cwt109.00–109.007964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813108.00/cwt108.00–108.008788
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2223155.66/cwt150.00–162.003472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335171.00/cwt171.00–171.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360166.87/cwt161.00–171.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385141.91/cwt135.00–149.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423158.02/cwt155.00–161.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473140.67/cwt140.00–142.006653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535139.00/cwt139.00–139.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2840119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——94050.00/cwt50.00–50.004701
Bulls——1,55565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88817.48/cwt10.00–25.001552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19839.16/cwt30.00–45.004693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26949.75/cwt45.00–54.5063110
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 31,5401,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0026,1801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2850970.00/cwt970.00–970.008,2453
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2886967.56/cwt800.00–1,020.008,5734
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2979999.26/cwt860.00–1,040.009,7837

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.