Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-10-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 315▲ 53 vs year ago 288 · +18.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 28▼ 15 vs year ago 40 · −37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 7▼ 81 vs year ago 83 · −97.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 3 to7 lower feeder steers\heifers 4 to 8 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.46/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$149.46
111 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$539
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2622150.49936102
Medium and Large 3390138.755418thin
Medium and Large 2305130.003971thin
One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $539 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 sale111 hd
149.46
—
MS average13 barns · 1,181 hd
133.94
+15.51
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—Average1,44975.881,1006thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46765.099553thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06752.815638thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$5501thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468148.71/cwt134.00–166.006964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534152.89/cwt132.00–165.008164
Steers—Medium and Large 2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627138.78/cwt138.00–145.008709
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275138.00/cwt130.00–146.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333146.48/cwt140.00–156.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367139.84/cwt130.00–144.005137
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377140.00/cwt140.00–140.005287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413147.94/cwt140.00–154.006113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463140.10/cwt128.00–150.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510134.95/cwt130.00–140.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593123.49/cwt122.00–125.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628119.61/cwt110.00–129.007512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,07675
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240160.00/cwt160.00–160.003841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290159.00/cwt158.00–160.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2326168.87/cwt160.00–179.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380161.79/cwt148.00–170.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420148.00/cwt148.00–148.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423154.91/cwt150.00–160.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475149.33/cwt146.00–159.007099
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480121.90/cwt100.00–149.005855
Bulls—Medium and Large 3-4515147.00/cwt147.00–147.007571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520132.00/cwt132.00–132.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566129.92/cwt125.00–135.007354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570131.04/cwt127.00–135.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03067.00/cwt67.00–67.006901
Bulls——1,10075.00/cwt75.00–75.008251
Bulls——1,51080.75/cwt75.00–84.001,2192
Bulls——1,77375.90/cwt75.00–77.001,3462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78520.00/cwt20.00–20.001571
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10757.50/cwt50.00–65.006377
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46765.09/cwt62.00–67.509553
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2905550.00/head550.00–550.005501

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.