Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-02-15

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 299▲ 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 6▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 9▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.00/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$151.00
59 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.24
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427158.1067625
Medium and Large 1-2402147.2259230
Medium and Large 2450135.006084thin
One grade step is worth $23.10/cwt here — about $68 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
151.00
—
MS average13 barns · 1,070 hd
144.76
+6.24
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—Average1,730105.191,8203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23373.2090311
CowsLean 85-90%Average96140.4038813

Every lot

48 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 1-2238205.48/cwt205.00–206.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273197.49/cwt196.00–199.005394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320187.89/cwt181.00–195.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 2355153.00/cwt153.00–153.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365184.00/cwt184.00–184.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445176.00/cwt176.00–176.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2454173.83/cwt170.00–175.007897
Steers—Medium and Large 2465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1498179.00/cwt179.00–179.008918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515156.96/cwt150.00–165.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560160.00/cwt160.00–160.008961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615157.00/cwt157.00–157.009661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220143.34/cwt135.00–150.003154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2277150.33/cwt149.00–152.004163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338149.50/cwt149.00–150.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363148.18/cwt145.00–154.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414145.11/cwt140.00–153.006014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425158.02/cwt151.00–160.0067224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435131.00/cwt131.00–131.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474149.72/cwt143.00–154.007109
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565153.87/cwt149.00–159.008692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2230199.00/cwt199.00–199.004581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275196.00/cwt196.00–196.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360171.06/cwt167.00–175.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415185.00/cwt185.00–185.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425168.58/cwt165.00–172.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471170.53/cwt165.00–175.008034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510154.00/cwt154.00–154.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593149.98/cwt145.00–155.008892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4541
Bulls——1,788112.79/cwt110.00–116.002,0172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight76541.50/cwt41.50–41.503171
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84820.18/cwt10.00–30.001714
Cows—Lean 85-90%87540.00/cwt40.00–40.003501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06651.85/cwt25.00–60.005537
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23373.20/cwt67.50–80.0090311
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2771,070.09/cwt820.00–1,290.0013,6653
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2760650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,9401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,078759.18/cwt600.00–940.008,1843
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820840.00/cwt840.00–840.006,8881
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,5181

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.