Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-06-23

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 319▲ 387 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 39▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 19▲ 8 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 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$123.67
71 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.02
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1305146.004456thin
Medium and Large 1-2472128.8160835
Medium and Large 2511113.2057830
One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale71 hd
123.67
—
MS average13 barns · 1,126 hd
119.64
+4.02
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—Average1,64998.201,6205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18866.1578632
CowsLean 85-90%Average98252.5251612

Every lot

61 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310165.02/cwt164.00–166.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353162.00/cwt162.00–162.005728
Steers—Medium and Large 2395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488126.00/cwt125.00–128.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531137.43/cwt133.00–139.0073013
Steers—Medium and Large 2533105.98/cwt105.00–107.005652
Steers—Medium and Large 2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587120.35/cwt116.00–126.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 2620107.58/cwt105.00–110.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633124.97/cwt120.00–130.007915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664120.97/cwt117.00–123.008034
Steers—Medium and Large 2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728115.00/cwt115.00–115.008372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775118.03/cwt117.00–119.009152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-291083.00/cwt83.00–83.007551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230147.83/cwt144.00–152.003402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290148.00/cwt148.00–148.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305146.00/cwt146.00–146.004456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2307138.98/cwt137.00–141.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370114.74/cwt109.00–120.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408118.31/cwt117.00–120.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434133.70/cwt128.00–136.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465131.86/cwt128.00–135.0061310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468124.56/cwt123.00–126.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512125.68/cwt121.00–129.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513112.64/cwt107.00–117.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566118.56/cwt114.00–123.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583110.31/cwt107.00–112.006436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610117.02/cwt115.00–119.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628103.24/cwt101.00–105.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733104.03/cwt102.00–106.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280173.47/cwt173.00–174.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290161.95/cwt159.00–165.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330137.00/cwt137.00–137.004521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360151.00/cwt151.00–151.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370131.00/cwt131.00–131.004851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431130.65/cwt126.00–137.005635
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479125.64/cwt120.00–130.006026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514120.50/cwt117.00–127.006198
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570115.81/cwt110.00–124.0066012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613113.66/cwt111.00–115.006973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680107.99/cwt105.00–112.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64999.00/cwt95.00–102.501,6334
Bulls——1,65095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87035.80/cwt25.00–45.003112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00455.86/cwt45.00–64.0056110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18866.15/cwt55.00–75.0078632
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,4981
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,158848.88/cwt810.00–900.009,8302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,243736.34/cwt700.00–770.009,1532

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.