Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-08-10

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 406▼ 58 vs year ago 358 · −16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 36▲ 16 vs year ago 19 · +84.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 20▲ 39 vs year ago 5 · +780.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows\bulls 2 to 4 lower, feeder steers\heifers 2 to10 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.87/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$146.87
93 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.76
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512150.8477331
Medium and Large 1794145.251,15360
Medium and Large 2488134.006532thin
One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about $120 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 sale93 hd
146.87
—
MS average13 barns · 1,319 hd
149.63
−2.76
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—Average1,46888.831,3046thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16364.197478thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03652.9154810

Every lot

50 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378155.83/cwt151.00–161.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426153.30/cwt150.00–155.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481157.23/cwt156.00–160.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503151.36/cwt150.00–156.007616
Steers—Medium and Large 2535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed545135.00/cwt135.00–135.007361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577139.36/cwt138.00–140.008043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618147.36/cwt140.00–153.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673140.00/cwt140.00–140.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760125.00/cwt125.00–125.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1794145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,15360
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335139.48/cwt138.00–141.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335125.00/cwt125.00–125.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363127.35/cwt125.00–137.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390126.01/cwt125.00–127.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418128.37/cwt120.00–135.005376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426116.99/cwt115.00–121.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479130.54/cwt115.00–135.0062514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523117.49/cwt115.00–120.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567125.31/cwt115.00–129.0071111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570120.88/cwt114.00–128.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 260093.00/cwt93.00–93.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616116.04/cwt110.00–120.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673119.51/cwt119.00–120.008042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320182.00/cwt182.00–182.005821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350154.00/cwt154.00–154.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420134.04/cwt133.00–135.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2493131.98/cwt128.00–136.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523127.99/cwt125.00–131.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2558131.04/cwt128.00–134.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650126.00/cwt126.00–126.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660127.00/cwt127.00–127.008382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715128.00/cwt128.00–128.009151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0321
Bulls——1,50390.60/cwt85.00–95.001,3625
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01953.79/cwt45.00–62.005489
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16364.19/cwt51.00–70.007478
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19045.00/cwt45.00–45.005361
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,083832.29/cwt800.00–860.009,0142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175830.00/cwt830.00–830.009,7531
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205890.00/cwt780.00–1,000.0010,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,237901.86/cwt810.00–1,050.0011,1563
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2870700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,0901
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3101,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,4101

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.