Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-10-26

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 26
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 246▼ 18 vs year ago 279 · −6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 36▼ 29 vs year ago 59 · −49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 21▼ 7 vs year ago 28 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 10 lower feeder steers\heifers steady to 7 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.77/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$137.77
47 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.69
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2456144.6665928
Medium and Large 2462127.6159019thin
One grade step is worth $17.05/cwt here — about $70 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 sale47 hd
137.77
—
MS average13 barns · 706 hd
124.08
+13.69
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—Average1,77575.001,3311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47452.3377119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02133.693445thin

Every lot

46 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 2255140.00/cwt140.00–140.003571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330159.00/cwt159.00–159.005252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355162.56/cwt158.00–167.005772
Steers—Medium and Large 2395123.00/cwt123.00–123.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415156.35/cwt156.00–157.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476154.38/cwt148.00–159.007356
Steers—Medium and Large 2515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519154.60/cwt150.00–157.008025
Steers—Medium and Large 2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615139.87/cwt132.00–148.008602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220116.00/cwt116.00–116.002551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283128.95/cwt125.00–137.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365139.47/cwt137.00–142.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370109.00/cwt109.00–109.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445136.00/cwt136.00–136.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470127.15/cwt122.00–133.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514126.03/cwt115.00–133.0064816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565114.00/cwt114.00–114.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573120.38/cwt115.00–126.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 265080.00/cwt80.00–80.005201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280157.00/cwt157.00–157.004401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330164.06/cwt161.00–168.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385155.57/cwt149.00–164.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390148.00/cwt148.00–148.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421148.13/cwt140.00–155.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434126.29/cwt125.00–141.0054812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467143.86/cwt130.00–162.006727
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482131.02/cwt130.00–133.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522133.23/cwt130.00–140.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570128.05/cwt125.00–131.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92516.00/cwt16.00–16.001481
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04538.11/cwt35.00–44.003984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47452.33/cwt50.00–60.0077119
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,5661

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.