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Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 17

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116

← Nov 10Nov 17Dec 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

399 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 441▼ 171 vs year ago 570 · −30.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 37▲ 4 vs year ago 25 · +16.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 31▲ 31 vs year ago 5 · +620.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were 2-5 lower. Heifers were 3-4 lower. Slaughter cows were 1-2 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.88/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$116.88

60 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$24.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	428	121.15	518	36
Medium and Large 2	382	115.12	439	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	609	96.58	588	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale60 hd

116.88

—

MS average13 barns · 1,462 hd

121.59

−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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,438	76.33	1,097	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	52.51	822	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	51.16	641	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	931	40.52	377	15

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	220	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	374	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	531	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	664	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	150.14/cwt	146.00–154.00	646	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	148.81/cwt	142.00–154.00	702	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	122.51/cwt	122.00–123.00	588	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	131.37/cwt	130.00–133.00	683	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	579	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	121.29/cwt	115.00–129.00	679	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	115.73/cwt	115.00–118.00	728	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	109.98/cwt	107.00–113.00	753	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	152	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	210	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	195	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	252	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	225	133.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	301	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	283	138.66/cwt	137.00–141.00	392	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	348	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	132.63/cwt	125.00–140.00	432	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	121.07/cwt	115.00–125.00	396	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	114.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	427	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	132.86/cwt	128.00–138.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	127.87/cwt	120.00–141.00	534	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	115.53/cwt	105.00–125.00	500	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	113.90/cwt	108.00–118.00	530	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	108.88/cwt	105.00–113.00	561	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	104.61/cwt	101.00–108.00	598	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	96.58/cwt	96.50–97.00	588	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	95.38/cwt	90.00–100.00	600	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	576	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	170	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	296	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	228	165.11/cwt	160.00–172.00	376	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	250	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	403	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	273	135.06/cwt	121.00–147.00	369	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	141.70/cwt	131.00–150.00	453	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	169.56/cwt	167.00–175.00	560	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	511	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	157.67/cwt	147.00–168.00	593	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	151.79/cwt	148.00–157.00	638	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	134.66/cwt	118.00–144.00	636	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	113.45/cwt	112.00–115.00	593	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	103.57/cwt	98.00–109.00	588	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	106.28/cwt	105.00–109.00	616	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	668	107.54/cwt	105.00–112.00	718	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	905	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	588	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,098	71.63/cwt	69.00–75.00	786	3
Bulls	—	—	1,777	81.02/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,440	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	730	44.26/cwt	42.00–47.00	323	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	820	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	246	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	840	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	210	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	18.50/cwt	18.50–18.50	157	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	45.64/cwt	42.50–47.50	453	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	369	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	52.69/cwt	51.00–55.00	655	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	563	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	52.51/cwt	50.00–55.00	822	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	6,579	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	766.78/cwt	650.00–870.00	8,703	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	600.31/cwt	550.00–640.00	7,534	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,311	738.22/cwt	590.00–990.00	9,678	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,455	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,913	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	5,417	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,800	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Nov 17, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 441Year ago 570

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 37Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 31Year ago 5

Compared to last week feeder steers were 2-5 lower. Heifers were 3-4 lower. Slaughter cows were 1-2 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
1	—	395	168.00	168.00
2	—	685	107.00–113.00	109.98
3	—	472	142.00–154.00	148.81
1	—	330	161.00	161.00
3	—	560	115.00–129.00	121.29
4	—	629	115.00–118.00	115.73
2	—	430	146.00–154.00	150.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	653	120.00	120.00
9	—	520	130.00–133.00	131.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
1	—	220	170.00	170.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
2	—	480	122.00–123.00	122.51
2	—	538	105.00–110.00	107.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	137.00–141.00	138.66
1	—	152	138.00	138.00
2	—	225	130.00–138.00	133.64
5	—	629	90.00–100.00	95.38
3	—	572	101.00–108.00	104.61
2	—	515	105.00–113.00	108.88
6	—	418	120.00–141.00	127.87
5	—	385	128.00–138.00	132.86
5	—	465	108.00–118.00	113.90
4	—	326	125.00–140.00	132.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
1	—	195	129.00	129.00
1	—	525	99.00	99.00
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
1	—	285	122.00	122.00
5	—	327	115.00–125.00	121.07
4	—	433	105.00–125.00	115.53
3	—	372	110.00–120.00	114.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	609	96.50–97.00	96.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	121.00–147.00	135.06
1	—	655	108.00	108.00
3	—	320	131.00–150.00	141.70
2	—	568	98.00–109.00	103.57
2	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	105.00–108.00	106.49
9	—	420	148.00–157.00	151.79
3	—	472	118.00–144.00	134.66
3	—	228	160.00–172.00	165.11
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
6	—	376	147.00–168.00	157.67
1	—	905	65.00	65.00
1	—	250	161.00	161.00
1	—	170	174.00	174.00
3	—	580	105.00–109.00	106.28
2	—	523	112.00–115.00	113.45
5	—	330	167.00–175.00	169.56
4	—	668	105.00–112.00	107.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	540.00	540.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,135	650.00–870.00	766.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,311	590.00–990.00	738.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,255	550.00–640.00	600.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	590.00	590.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	690.00	690.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	43.50	43.50
5	—	1,244	51.00–55.00	52.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	30.00	30.00
1	—	840	25.00	25.00
2	—	730	42.00–47.00	44.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	993	42.50–47.50	45.64
1	—	850	18.50	18.50
1	—	1,055	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	50.00–55.00	52.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	69.00–75.00	71.63
3	—	1,777	77.50–85.00	81.02

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.