Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▲ 137 vs last sale 226▲ 66 vs year ago 297 · +22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 30▼ 5 vs year ago 22 · −22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 60▲ 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trend not established due to auction not recently report because of holidays

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.82/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$131.82
155 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.21
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484147.7571513thin
Medium and Large 1-2682130.50890139
Medium and Large 2512124.006343thin
One grade step is worth $23.75/cwt here — about $81 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 sale155 hd
131.82
—
MS average11 barns · 797 hd
137.03
−5.21
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—Low1,55273.301,1374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15653.936236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22047.505801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08944.594864thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345162.00/cwt162.00–162.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1365159.84/cwt154.00–166.005832
Steers—Medium and Large 1435157.00/cwt157.00–157.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 2435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444158.38/cwt146.00–160.007038
Steers—Medium and Large 1457158.35/cwt156.00–160.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515146.50/cwt145.00–148.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 1535143.46/cwt139.00–148.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 1577128.38/cwt124.00–136.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 1610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634131.75/cwt131.75–132.0083565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766125.25/cwt125.25–125.2595964
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225127.00/cwt127.00–127.002861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260129.00/cwt129.00–129.003351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315122.00/cwt122.00–122.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333123.11/cwt120.00–126.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355122.00/cwt122.00–122.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377128.01/cwt127.00–129.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429123.15/cwt115.00–126.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440113.00/cwt113.00–113.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465115.81/cwt110.00–122.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468111.51/cwt110.00–113.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469108.00/cwt105.00–113.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510113.37/cwt110.00–115.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526100.23/cwt95.00–104.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528112.29/cwt110.00–115.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573108.17/cwt100.00–117.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573102.45/cwt100.00–105.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 258898.00/cwt98.00–98.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 161593.00/cwt93.00–93.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 263889.94/cwt85.00–95.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 175085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 188574.00/cwt74.00–74.006551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260164.39/cwt159.00–170.004272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280152.29/cwt144.00–160.004262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280137.95/cwt135.00–141.003862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320162.00/cwt162.00–162.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365131.73/cwt123.00–140.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383148.42/cwt136.00–161.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421147.58/cwt135.00–164.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470132.65/cwt125.00–137.006234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513118.93/cwt115.00–122.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635113.00/cwt113.00–113.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635111.51/cwt110.00–113.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680109.00/cwt109.00–109.007411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24066.64/cwt62.50–70.008262
Bulls——1,86379.96/cwt77.50–82.501,4902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94529.00/cwt29.00–29.002741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08855.72/cwt52.00–63.006065
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13749.79/cwt47.50–52.005663
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22047.50/cwt47.50–47.505801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49545.00/cwt45.00–45.006731
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,6731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068627.80/cwt590.00–650.006,7052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,143740.63/cwt550.00–880.008,4652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295450.00/cwt450.00–450.005,8281

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.