Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 229▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 11▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 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 3.00-8.00 lower. 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 $121.85/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$121.85
29 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551122.9867727
Medium and Large 2483106.505142thin
One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $164 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 sale29 hd
121.85
—
MS average13 barns · 1,065 hd
123.36
−1.51
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—Average1,65590.251,4942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15757.7066815
CowsLean 85-90%Average87742.273716thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245176.00/cwt176.00–176.004311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290145.00/cwt145.00–145.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393150.02/cwt147.00–153.005904
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429148.13/cwt142.00–155.006356
Steers—Medium and Large 2440139.00/cwt139.00–139.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472144.50/cwt139.00–153.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508133.48/cwt132.00–135.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575126.46/cwt125.00–128.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 2725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-293087.00/cwt87.00–87.008091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245130.00/cwt130.00–130.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308138.68/cwt135.00–141.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370135.36/cwt133.00–138.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406128.32/cwt120.00–133.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590103.00/cwt103.00–103.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674119.50/cwt119.50–119.5080511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285149.00/cwt149.00–149.004251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290125.00/cwt125.00–125.003631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510138.00/cwt138.00–138.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525110.61/cwt105.00–122.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665103.00/cwt103.00–103.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668112.72/cwt110.00–116.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2713107.98/cwt107.00–109.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 274598.00/cwt98.00–98.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 283590.00/cwt90.00–90.007521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65590.25/cwt90.00–90.501,4942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87742.27/cwt35.00–47.503716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15757.70/cwt50.00–62.5066815
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2740700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,1801
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,3431

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.