Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-05-19

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, May 19
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 234▲ 310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 32▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 36▲ 17 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 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.35/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$119.35
102 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.05
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2681122.8683626
Medium and Large 1760118.5490169
Medium and Large 2601114.286877thin
One grade step is worth $8.58/cwt here — about $149 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 sale102 hd
119.35
—
MS average12 barns · 1,340 hd
131.40
−12.05
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—Average1,50483.691,2595thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17359.907032thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02550.3051616

Every lot

48 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 1-2410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 2435113.00/cwt113.00–113.004921
Steers—Medium and Large 1456151.00/cwt151.00–151.006895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540136.50/cwt135.00–138.007372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581129.22/cwt125.00–132.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 2629114.49/cwt112.50–125.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640129.00/cwt129.00–129.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660121.50/cwt121.00–122.008022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700120.50/cwt120.50–120.508447
Steers—Medium and Large 1784116.00/cwt116.00–116.0090964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818112.75/cwt112.75–112.759228
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385112.00/cwt112.00–112.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431132.89/cwt127.00–137.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473121.35/cwt120.00–124.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479131.18/cwt126.00–133.0062813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513122.79/cwt115.00–127.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563116.74/cwt115.00–119.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602125.00/cwt125.00–125.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615110.34/cwt104.00–117.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 263097.00/cwt97.00–97.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673116.07/cwt112.00–120.007812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-291588.00/cwt88.00–88.008053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300163.00/cwt163.00–163.004891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390151.54/cwt148.00–155.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427141.66/cwt140.00–145.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465137.01/cwt134.00–139.006373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523128.22/cwt120.00–135.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563125.42/cwt122.00–129.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625118.02/cwt117.00–119.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675115.09/cwt112.00–118.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285085.00/cwt85.00–85.007231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——92045.00/cwt45.00–45.004141
Bulls——1,65093.36/cwt90.00–95.001,5404
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75535.00/cwt35.00–35.002641
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04351.32/cwt42.50–57.5053515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17359.90/cwt55.00–65.007032
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29801,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0014,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,470.00/cwt1,470.00–1,470.0017,1263
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2271,031.96/cwt1,000.00–1,120.0012,6623
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000870.00/cwt870.00–870.008,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068729.02/cwt590.00–870.007,7862
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2960700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7201

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.