Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-09-21

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 21
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
533 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 458▼ 57 vs year ago 590 · −9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 82▲ 17 vs year ago 47 · +36.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 49▲ 47 vs year ago 14 · +335.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady to 4 lower feeder steers\heifers steady to 5 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.89/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$135.89
145 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.10
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541140.8376249
Medium and Large 1812134.291,09172
Medium and Large 2472130.5961624
One grade step is worth $10.24/cwt here — about $146 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 sale145 hd
135.89
—
MS average13 barns · 1,055 hd
145.99
−10.10
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—Average1,46379.961,1698thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24661.6676816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51050.007551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05941.5844019

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 2320133.94/cwt130.00–138.004292
Steers—Medium and Large 2356137.02/cwt130.00–140.004885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368152.17/cwt147.00–157.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410144.90/cwt140.00–153.005944
Steers—Medium and Large 2423136.63/cwt135.00–138.005783
Steers—Medium and Large 2465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476152.91/cwt146.00–156.0072810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521145.10/cwt140.00–153.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 2523133.66/cwt129.00–137.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 2554125.81/cwt120.00–127.006979
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563136.95/cwt134.00–148.007716
Steers—Medium and Large 1573137.00/cwt137.00–137.0078512
Steers—Medium and Large 2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616131.07/cwt125.00–133.0080713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683130.49/cwt130.00–131.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718130.00/cwt130.00–130.009333
Steers—Medium and Large 1860133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,15060
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323135.84/cwt133.00–139.004392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330117.16/cwt110.00–129.003875
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355114.74/cwt113.00–117.004074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383125.86/cwt120.00–133.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418117.03/cwt110.00–122.004897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421128.29/cwt125.00–132.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458114.73/cwt110.00–119.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463127.52/cwt120.00–132.0059016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-350098.00/cwt98.00–98.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528121.05/cwt120.00–128.0063919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555111.51/cwt110.00–113.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567122.79/cwt115.00–128.006965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310132.00/cwt132.00–132.004091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373130.17/cwt125.00–135.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378131.07/cwt120.00–146.004954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423135.00/cwt135.00–135.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430142.68/cwt137.00–149.006143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470151.52/cwt151.00–152.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470134.66/cwt134.00–135.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512129.97/cwt125.00–135.006653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522116.68/cwt110.00–120.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588132.75/cwt130.00–135.007814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630133.00/cwt133.00–133.008381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635122.00/cwt122.00–122.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658129.49/cwt127.00–132.008522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710138.00/cwt138.00–138.009801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24071.30/cwt70.00–72.508842
Bulls——1,46679.42/cwt70.00–89.001,1645
Bulls——1,890100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90029.72/cwt24.00–35.002676
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13347.05/cwt35.50–52.5053313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24661.66/cwt55.00–69.0076816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51050.00/cwt50.00–50.007551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,2401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175805.14/cwt490.00–1,020.009,4607
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,335760.00/cwt760.00–760.0010,1461

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.