Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-02-22

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 185 vs last sale 270▼ 57 vs year ago 142 · −40.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 37▼ 6 vs year ago 18 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 31▲ 78 vs year ago 3 · +2,600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows \bulls 3 to 5 lower feeder steers \heifers 3 to 8 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.18/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$152.18
11 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$440
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$37.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.55
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490163.007996thin
Medium and Large 2311142.504444thin
Medium and Large 3285126.003591thin
One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $440 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 sale11 hd
152.18
—
MS average13 barns · 791 hd
168.73
−16.55
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—Average1,854102.151,8944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15167.467764thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00452.695294thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2195160.00/cwt160.00–160.003121
Steers—Medium and Large 2230170.00/cwt170.00–170.003911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2250195.00/cwt195.00–195.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 3285126.00/cwt126.00–126.003591
Steers—Medium and Large 2310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565146.00/cwt146.00–146.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600153.00/cwt153.00–153.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660144.00/cwt144.00–144.009501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2190154.00/cwt154.00–154.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245155.00/cwt155.00–155.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245113.00/cwt113.00–113.002771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377113.03/cwt109.00–120.004263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458138.93/cwt135.00–143.006362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2245177.00/cwt177.00–177.004341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250180.00/cwt180.00–180.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328189.50/cwt189.00–190.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425169.82/cwt165.00–175.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618135.02/cwt130.00–140.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705138.00/cwt138.00–138.009731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,854102.15/cwt95.00–105.001,8944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00258.25/cwt45.00–67.505843
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,01036.00/cwt36.00–36.003641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15167.46/cwt62.50–72.507764
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,054.01/cwt950.00–1,160.0011,1734
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1841,057.63/cwt1,050.00–1,090.0012,5226
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2051,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0013,7372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,345930.00/cwt930.00–930.0012,5091
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0015,2552
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2871,098.91/cwt980.00–1,150.0014,1433
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3421,408.23/cwt1,270.00–1,610.0018,89819
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3571,373.00/cwt1,330.00–1,380.0018,6327
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,0401
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,115800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,9201

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.