Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-03-01

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 85▲ 29 vs year ago 139 · +20.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 12▲ 7 vs year ago 6 · +116.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 81▲ 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER COWS \BULLS 2 TO 4 LOWER 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 $158.44/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$158.44
57 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.82
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611166.381,01624
Medium and Large 1-2595152.6790933
One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $108 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 sale57 hd
158.44
—
MS average13 barns · 704 hd
172.26
−13.82
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—Average1,585100.001,5852thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02562.756434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02544.464565thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393194.00/cwt194.00–194.007624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405170.00/cwt170.00–170.006891
Steers—Medium and Large 1440199.50/cwt199.50–199.508787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482172.09/cwt167.00–182.008293
Steers—Medium and Large 1540192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558155.00/cwt155.00–155.008652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603152.00/cwt152.00–152.009178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661132.00/cwt132.00–132.008738
Steers—Medium and Large 1700147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,03315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0127
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2205140.00/cwt140.00–140.002871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240160.00/cwt160.00–160.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260117.00/cwt117.00–117.003041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280151.00/cwt151.00–151.004231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350126.00/cwt126.00–126.004411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470167.00/cwt167.00–167.0078514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483139.84/cwt130.00–149.006753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505141.00/cwt141.00–141.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563155.00/cwt155.00–155.008738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575142.00/cwt142.00–142.008172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630132.00/cwt132.00–132.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665143.56/cwt130.00–147.009559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690129.00/cwt129.00–129.008901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225202.00/cwt202.00–202.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2268178.91/cwt177.00–181.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368182.21/cwt178.00–185.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370169.00/cwt169.00–169.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405167.00/cwt167.00–167.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468170.67/cwt166.00–175.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545151.00/cwt151.00–151.008231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640128.00/cwt128.00–128.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,585100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75030.71/cwt28.00–35.002302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.75/cwt60.00–66.006434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20853.63/cwt46.50–65.006483
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,128924.39/cwt900.00–950.0010,4272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,8281
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,5162

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.