Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-11-08

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 8
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
382 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 381▼ 32 vs year ago 414 · −7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 78▼ 26 vs year ago 43 · −60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 47▼ 16 vs year ago 24 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady feeder steers\heifers 6 to 15 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.82/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$153.82
87 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489157.3776971
Medium and Large 2465138.0764216thin
One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $127 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 sale87 hd
153.82
—
MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd
141.73
+12.09
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—Average1,61087.401,4076thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45551.007421thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92033.763119thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$9401thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)805$5901thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345202.50/cwt201.00–203.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357204.33/cwt201.00–207.007293
Steers—Medium and Large 2358171.18/cwt170.00–179.006138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431194.29/cwt182.00–201.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 2440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007481
Steers—Medium and Large 2475143.48/cwt143.00–144.006822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487188.75/cwt187.00–189.009198
Steers—Medium and Large 2510158.47/cwt157.00–160.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 1532189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,00512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537178.00/cwt178.00–178.009562
Steers—Medium and Large 1627173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,0888
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240145.00/cwt145.00–145.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265130.00/cwt130.00–130.003451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325162.06/cwt161.00–163.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345133.00/cwt133.00–133.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374163.11/cwt158.00–169.0061013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378140.58/cwt130.00–148.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414164.23/cwt160.00–168.006804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480152.27/cwt145.00–155.0073113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524137.80/cwt130.00–142.007226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538156.48/cwt149.00–158.0084221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554158.07/cwt149.00–162.0087614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605161.00/cwt161.00–161.009741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605144.03/cwt140.00–148.008712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295187.00/cwt187.00–187.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323184.35/cwt175.00–197.005955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369180.13/cwt170.00–187.006654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376151.12/cwt141.00–162.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415209.00/cwt209.00–209.008671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426175.65/cwt168.00–188.007487
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440159.00/cwt159.00–159.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473142.65/cwt140.00–145.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478159.91/cwt147.00–181.007645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519144.45/cwt135.00–151.0075011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573141.52/cwt137.00–146.008112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623136.00/cwt135.00–138.008473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675129.94/cwt120.00–135.008774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56583.79/cwt82.00–85.001,3113
Bulls——1,65591.00/cwt90.00–92.001,5063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89052.90/cwt50.00–57.504713
Cows—Lean 85-90%91216.86/cwt10.00–20.001543
Cows—Lean 85-90%95831.52/cwt30.00–35.003023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45551.00/cwt51.00–51.007421
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2805590.00/head590.00–590.005901
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020940.00/head940.00–940.009401

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.