Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-02-01

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 351▲ 104 vs year ago 243 · +42.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 18▲ 32 vs year ago 17 · +188.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 31▼ 5 vs year ago 13 · −38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER C OWS\BULLS 3 TO 5 HIGHER FEEDER STEERS\HEIFERS 4 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 $176.55/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$176.55
69 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.02
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1313206.1564513thin
Medium and Large 1-2493170.9984251
Medium and Large 2371156.275805thin
One grade step is worth $49.89/cwt here — about $65 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 sale69 hd
176.55
—
MS average13 barns · 1,168 hd
168.52
+8.02
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—Average1,53881.671,2563thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21869.3884517
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01751.1552014

Every lot

47 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2218183.10/cwt180.00–186.003992
Steers—Medium and Large 2225171.00/cwt171.00–171.003851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270200.55/cwt190.00–210.005415
Steers—Medium and Large 2280171.00/cwt171.00–171.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 1286211.00/cwt211.00–211.006034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300181.00/cwt181.00–181.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1325204.00/cwt204.00–204.006639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395162.00/cwt162.00–162.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 2413144.67/cwt139.00–150.005972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419172.59/cwt164.00–175.007237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465178.25/cwt175.00–181.008299
Steers—Medium and Large 2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541173.05/cwt172.00–173.5093613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588159.50/cwt159.50–159.509387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706141.00/cwt141.00–141.009955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335116.00/cwt116.00–116.003891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338155.43/cwt152.00–156.005257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386145.45/cwt142.00–153.0056112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475135.33/cwt130.00–141.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520141.56/cwt135.00–148.007362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565142.00/cwt142.00–142.008024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565118.65/cwt110.00–127.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650116.00/cwt116.00–116.007541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710119.00/cwt115.00–123.008452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235185.00/cwt185.00–185.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2265206.00/cwt206.00–206.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305189.00/cwt171.00–207.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375180.99/cwt180.00–182.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414165.79/cwt160.00–170.006865
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458143.36/cwt135.00–152.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23560.00/cwt60.00–60.007411
Bulls——1,52085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2921
Bulls——1,860100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74530.00/cwt30.00–30.002241
Cows—Lean 85-90%84525.00/cwt25.00–25.002111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05455.09/cwt45.00–67.5058112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21869.38/cwt57.50–77.5084517
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,100540.00/cwt540.00–540.005,9401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,005.44/cwt1,000.00–1,010.0012,5182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2800740.00/cwt740.00–740.005,9202

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.