Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-08-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
358 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 278▲ 358 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 42▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 26▲ 5 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 5.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.78/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$132.78
69 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.71
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1615133.6582326
Medium and Large 1-2564132.3974739
Medium and Large 2454130.885944thin
One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about $228 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 sale69 hd
132.78
—
MS average13 barns · 1,490 hd
137.49
−4.71
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—Average1,61284.001,3545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10355.006072thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94538.7536611

Every lot

58 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328162.99/cwt162.00–164.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 2335142.50/cwt142.50–142.504771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373146.57/cwt143.00–150.005472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475138.29/cwt133.00–146.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 2478130.50/cwt130.00–131.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523128.54/cwt124.00–132.006727
Steers—Medium and Large 2525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1533143.50/cwt143.50–143.507659
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578125.32/cwt124.00–127.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1613127.00/cwt127.00–127.0077910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630126.58/cwt124.00–128.0079712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673127.52/cwt127.00–128.008582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718127.27/cwt125.00–129.009144
Steers—Medium and Large 1725130.50/cwt130.50–130.509467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770119.00/cwt119.00–119.009161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310127.00/cwt127.00–127.003941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325135.97/cwt135.00–137.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365129.00/cwt129.00–129.004711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383129.53/cwt128.00–131.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413116.04/cwt110.00–122.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423129.38/cwt125.00–134.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456122.80/cwt122.00–124.005605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468114.89/cwt111.00–119.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514118.53/cwt115.00–123.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521111.48/cwt110.00–114.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568123.68/cwt119.00–128.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570112.98/cwt110.00–115.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615119.58/cwt115.00–126.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619128.00/cwt128.00–128.007928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634109.48/cwt107.00–111.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676119.22/cwt115.00–123.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721118.63/cwt115.00–120.008555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340148.03/cwt146.00–150.005032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384141.72/cwt139.00–144.005444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390132.58/cwt126.00–139.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420125.59/cwt121.00–132.005273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422137.22/cwt134.00–140.005798
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460117.00/cwt117.00–117.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474130.70/cwt128.00–134.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530117.60/cwt114.00–121.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540119.00/cwt119.00–119.006431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571118.49/cwt115.00–126.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578115.80/cwt109.00–121.006695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642114.66/cwt113.00–116.007363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675110.01/cwt109.00–111.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720114.98/cwt114.00–116.008282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54380.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2343
Bulls——1,71590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%69336.41/cwt33.00–40.002522
Cows—Lean 85-90%78827.31/cwt20.00–32.002153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10355.00/cwt55.00–55.006072
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10845.25/cwt40.00–50.005016
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2805900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,2451
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2815775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,3161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,285812.41/cwt630.00–950.0010,4392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4851,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0015,2211

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.