Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-06-02

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
395 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 391▲ 395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 38▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 77▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows\bulls steady to3 higher feeder steers\heifers 3 to 5 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $115.64/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$115.64
105 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.48
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2685120.3582537
Medium and Large 1840113.6995465
Medium and Large 282799.678243thin
One grade step is worth $20.68/cwt here — about $1 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 sale105 hd
115.64
—
MS average13 barns · 1,771 hd
136.11
−20.48
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—Average1,52088.911,3512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20363.4076312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54057.508861thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99355.1454812

Every lot

57 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388150.74/cwt150.00–152.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428141.88/cwt139.00–145.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475134.05/cwt129.00–139.006372
Steers—Medium and Large 2485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513131.52/cwt130.00–133.006754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558128.95/cwt125.00–133.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663121.66/cwt120.00–125.008073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734115.80/cwt110.00–116.508509
Steers—Medium and Large 1779111.50/cwt111.50–111.508698
Steers—Medium and Large 1848114.00/cwt114.00–114.0096757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882106.34/cwt104.50–110.009383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-294898.50/cwt98.50–98.509348
Steers—Medium and Large 296590.00/cwt90.00–90.008691
Steers—Medium and Large 21,03089.00/cwt89.00–89.009171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285141.50/cwt141.00–142.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325137.00/cwt137.00–137.004451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364135.56/cwt133.00–139.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430113.98/cwt113.00–115.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433127.31/cwt125.00–130.005516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473122.57/cwt120.00–125.0058011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495112.00/cwt112.00–112.005541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518122.98/cwt121.00–125.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518118.00/cwt118.00–118.006112
Heifers—Medium and Large 255099.00/cwt99.00–99.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568119.64/cwt115.00–124.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665109.50/cwt109.50–109.507287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695113.00/cwt113.00–113.007851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735105.96/cwt100.00–112.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775106.75/cwt106.75–106.7582712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835100.00/cwt100.00–100.008352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2215164.00/cwt164.00–164.003531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355131.00/cwt131.00–131.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387144.31/cwt141.00–149.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428143.47/cwt138.00–149.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450109.00/cwt109.00–109.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468128.98/cwt125.00–136.006046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510128.68/cwt128.00–130.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565121.14/cwt118.00–125.006847
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603117.01/cwt115.00–119.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735106.00/cwt106.00–106.007791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,52088.91/cwt88.00–90.001,3512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99355.14/cwt50.00–62.5054812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20363.40/cwt60.00–68.0076312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54057.50/cwt57.50–57.508861
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0781,081.74/cwt850.00–1,290.0011,6612
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1551,360.00/cwt1,360.00–1,360.0015,7081
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3401,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,0801
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-297593.55/cwt90.00–96.009123
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,0802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,5881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,1901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,363857.16/cwt750.00–950.0011,6832

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.