Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 46▲ 143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 179 vs last sale 209▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 45▲ 7 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 6.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.26/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$139.26
35 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530140.4174430
Medium and Large 2412132.405455thin
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $198 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 sale35 hd
139.26
—
MS average13 barns · 782 hd
153.73
−14.47
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—Average1,57880.881,2762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18656.1666613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07844.7848310

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265133.00/cwt133.00–133.003521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322161.75/cwt157.00–164.005213
Steers—Medium and Large 2355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460155.85/cwt150.00–157.007176
Steers—Medium and Large 2480125.67/cwt125.00–127.006033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533157.95/cwt156.00–160.008422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560153.93/cwt150.00–158.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619126.09/cwt126.00–127.0078012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283139.51/cwt135.00–142.003953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324143.03/cwt139.00–149.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375132.00/cwt132.00–132.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376138.71/cwt135.00–144.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468128.26/cwt125.00–136.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533121.96/cwt120.00–125.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608116.64/cwt115.00–120.007093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305125.00/cwt125.00–125.003811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382141.94/cwt140.00–146.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388156.01/cwt155.00–157.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490117.00/cwt117.00–117.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57880.88/cwt75.00–87.501,2762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07844.78/cwt30.00–60.0048310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18656.16/cwt47.00–60.0066613
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2830550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,5651
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,085700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 31,085700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5951

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.