Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-10-05

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 5
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 462▲ 88 vs year ago 299 · +29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 47▲ 2 vs year ago 25 · +8.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 17▲ 0 vs year ago 24 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 6 to 10 lower feeder steers\ heifers 3 to 10 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.56/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$142.56
59 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493145.6671850
Medium and Large 2529125.346639thin
One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $55 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 sale59 hd
142.56
—
MS average13 barns · 1,044 hd
143.21
−0.65
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—Average1,91877.581,4882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28751.746665thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54547.507341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99131.633139thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2250136.00/cwt136.00–136.003401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280148.69/cwt145.00–152.004162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387154.84/cwt146.00–157.005995
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415153.31/cwt151.00–157.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480148.71/cwt142.00–154.0071419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515145.71/cwt135.00–156.0075012
Steers—Medium and Large 2540131.00/cwt130.00–132.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573136.33/cwt135.00–137.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 2580127.51/cwt127.00–128.007402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611131.13/cwt125.00–138.008014
Steers—Medium and Large 2640107.00/cwt107.00–107.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 2655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790119.00/cwt119.00–119.009401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315136.00/cwt136.00–136.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369128.12/cwt124.00–138.004735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418132.32/cwt124.00–138.005538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430116.91/cwt115.00–122.005034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474122.01/cwt120.00–125.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514120.81/cwt115.00–122.0062110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520101.09/cwt93.00–109.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578102.02/cwt100.00–105.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600116.00/cwt116.00–116.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613102.47/cwt100.00–105.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860109.00/cwt109.00–109.009376
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393149.01/cwt147.00–151.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425144.29/cwt139.00–150.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433132.66/cwt127.00–138.005742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474137.77/cwt135.00–144.0065315
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545133.00/cwt133.00–133.007252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585132.00/cwt132.00–132.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670112.00/cwt112.00–112.007501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,91877.58/cwt75.00–80.001,4882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89621.64/cwt19.00–25.001945
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11044.12/cwt40.00–50.004904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28751.74/cwt47.00–57.006665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54547.50/cwt47.50–47.507341
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2790500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,9502
Bred Cows—Medium 2840620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,2082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093737.99/cwt620.00–820.008,0664
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 2715570.00/cwt570.00–570.004,07610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,310830.00/cwt830.00–830.0010,8731

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.