Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 136▲ 231 vs year ago 120 · +192.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 10 vs year ago 8 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 6▲ 28 vs year ago 3 · +933.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady to 3 higher feeder steers\heifers steady to 5 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.24/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$143.24
113 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$380
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.67
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557147.2182066
Medium and Large 1-2480138.8866740
Medium and Large 2337130.684407thin
One grade step is worth $16.53/cwt here — about $380 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 sale113 hd
143.24
—
MS average13 barns · 1,314 hd
141.57
+1.67
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—Average1,77085.151,5073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35866.899088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55060.009301thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99346.274594thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275190.02/cwt183.00–200.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 2325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333191.96/cwt191.00–193.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366186.50/cwt184.00–191.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 2390177.00/cwt177.00–177.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 2400178.00/cwt178.00–178.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428185.66/cwt181.00–187.007959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465177.77/cwt174.00–186.0082713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed475162.00/cwt162.00–162.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 2480173.00/cwt173.00–173.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626145.00/cwt145.00–145.0090814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2215137.00/cwt137.00–137.002951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233123.39/cwt105.00–143.002872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290137.00/cwt137.00–137.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310139.00/cwt139.00–139.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320145.54/cwt140.00–155.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373149.70/cwt148.00–153.005584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429147.60/cwt144.00–150.0063310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440132.00/cwt132.00–132.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456143.98/cwt139.00–149.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527136.63/cwt130.00–143.007206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695119.50/cwt119.50–119.508318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245183.00/cwt183.00–183.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275177.00/cwt177.00–177.004871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369183.37/cwt176.00–186.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413173.81/cwt160.00–182.007183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425129.29/cwt115.00–145.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480165.51/cwt165.00–166.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513163.68/cwt163.00–165.008403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515146.00/cwt146.00–146.007521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568148.81/cwt143.00–155.008452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600136.00/cwt136.00–136.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19580.00/cwt80.00–80.009561
Bulls——2,05887.72/cwt82.50–92.501,8052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99346.27/cwt34.50–62.504594
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35866.89/cwt57.50–75.009088
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55060.00/cwt60.00–60.009301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2945560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,2921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125810.00/cwt810.00–810.009,1131
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,090.00/cwt1,090.00–1,090.009,8101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050958.10/cwt920.00–1,000.0010,0604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,057992.23/cwt920.00–1,030.0010,4885

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.