Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-12-15

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 413▲ 87 vs year ago 139 · +62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 27▼ 4 vs year ago 34 · −11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 17▲ 42 vs year ago 18 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders were steady to $10 cheaper, slaughter cattle were steady to $3 cheaper. Bred heifers were really nice, stout black and black baldy's

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.59/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$116.59
43 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$507
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.36
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439120.6753026
Medium and Large 2427110.3547117thin
One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $58 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 sale43 hd
116.59
—
MS average13 barns · 1,331 hd
122.95
−6.36
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—Low1,60668.681,1037thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33545.936134thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06239.244179thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318159.49/cwt159.00–160.005072
Steers—Medium and Large 1357155.64/cwt151.00–161.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 2363141.66/cwt141.00–142.005143
Steers—Medium and Large 1415139.99/cwt135.00–145.005816
Steers—Medium and Large 2450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Steers—Medium 2470117.00/cwt117.00–117.005501
Steers—Medium and Large 1490136.00/cwt136.00–136.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 1510137.65/cwt128.00–144.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2530127.03/cwt125.00–129.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 1555127.00/cwt127.00–127.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 2640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
Steers—Medium and Large 2665106.00/cwt106.00–106.007051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230124.00/cwt124.00–124.002851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290123.00/cwt123.00–123.003571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330132.41/cwt130.00–135.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363116.63/cwt115.00–120.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370129.47/cwt124.00–140.004798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427118.58/cwt112.00–125.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428111.92/cwt105.00–118.004794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463119.65/cwt119.00–120.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475110.21/cwt105.00–115.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518100.26/cwt89.00–125.005194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563107.48/cwt104.00–111.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 160895.00/cwt95.00–95.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325144.32/cwt126.00–155.004693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330131.97/cwt130.00–134.004362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355146.00/cwt146.00–146.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370134.80/cwt130.00–140.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413130.99/cwt125.00–136.005416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469129.35/cwt123.00–135.006075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520122.74/cwt120.00–126.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528116.09/cwt110.00–122.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570127.47/cwt126.00–129.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1708113.51/cwt112.00–115.008042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19054.45/cwt45.00–60.006482
Bulls——1,77274.37/cwt65.00–80.001,3185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89030.00/cwt30.00–30.002671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08440.40/cwt37.50–45.004388
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33545.93/cwt45.00–48.506134
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2805610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,9111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2920400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,6801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2925680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,2901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155648.57/cwt500.00–740.007,4912
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29051,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0010,2271
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,240770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,5481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28761,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0010,0743
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29381,164.74/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0010,92516
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29761,219.20/cwt1,190.00–1,400.0011,89923

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.