Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-09-22

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 22
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▲ 252 vs last sale 338▲ 18 vs year ago 572 · +3.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 27▼ 7 vs year ago 54 · −13.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 14▼ 14 vs year ago 28 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers and bulls 3.00-10.00 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 $132.63/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$132.63
139 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.15
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538137.7174142
Medium and Large 1706130.7192391
Medium and Large 2499126.206306thin
One grade step is worth $11.51/cwt here — about $111 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 sale139 hd
132.63
—
MS average12 barns · 1,198 hd
133.78
−1.15
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—Average1,70078.251,3304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14855.836419thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01746.5747323

Every lot

65 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2190150.00/cwt150.00–150.002851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230155.00/cwt155.00–155.003571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330161.00/cwt161.00–161.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367159.31/cwt154.00–162.005853
Steers—Medium and Large 2420134.58/cwt131.00–138.005652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421151.59/cwt145.00–157.006386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475147.70/cwt145.00–151.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
Steers—Medium and Large 1492142.50/cwt142.50–142.507019
Steers—Medium and Large 1524135.00/cwt135.00–135.007079
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525130.99/cwt125.00–137.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 2528118.51/cwt116.00–121.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561137.22/cwt133.00–148.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623129.98/cwt128.00–133.008104
Steers—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1647127.00/cwt127.00–127.0082210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672124.45/cwt120.00–128.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730121.96/cwt120.00–124.008902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762117.94/cwt114.00–120.008993
Steers—Medium and Large 1772129.00/cwt129.00–129.0099663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855115.00/cwt115.00–115.009831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283120.05/cwt118.00–122.003402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285127.29/cwt125.00–130.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305118.44/cwt115.00–122.003612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316129.79/cwt128.00–131.004104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385110.00/cwt110.00–110.004241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424114.98/cwt113.00–117.004887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433111.03/cwt109.00–113.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444122.00/cwt122.00–122.0054210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483108.66/cwt105.00–111.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494115.00/cwt115.00–115.005689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515106.66/cwt102.00–111.005496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558105.00/cwt105.00–105.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565105.04/cwt100.00–113.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574112.50/cwt112.50–112.506464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605110.50/cwt110.50–110.506695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625108.99/cwt104.00–115.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2165122.00/cwt122.00–122.002011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220149.00/cwt149.00–149.003281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2287150.34/cwt146.00–155.004313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315151.26/cwt145.00–159.004764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375152.87/cwt148.00–158.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390130.04/cwt127.00–133.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438114.06/cwt110.00–122.005003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468114.99/cwt114.00–116.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490117.00/cwt117.00–117.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503120.00/cwt120.00–120.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526115.90/cwt113.00–119.006107
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590112.50/cwt110.00–115.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610114.32/cwt112.00–116.006973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675114.51/cwt114.00–115.007732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23570.00/cwt70.00–70.008651
Bulls——1,40573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0261
Bulls——2,08085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,7682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88037.00/cwt37.00–37.003261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02347.00/cwt40.00–55.0048122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14855.83/cwt52.00–60.506419
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850570.00/cwt570.00–570.004,8451
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,330800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,6401

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.