Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 245▲ 25 vs year ago 270 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 25▲ 2 vs year ago 37 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 21 vs year ago 31 · −67.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 8 higher feeder steers \heifers 7 to 20 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.91/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$165.91
102 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497168.338366thin
Medium and Large 1646166.411,07592
Medium and Large 2474150.757154thin
One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about $122 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 sale102 hd
165.91
—
MS average13 barns · 1,372 hd
164.44
+1.47
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—Average1,582105.261,6653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25675.429479thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99549.0248812

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$1,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$1,1136
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,1701thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2205197.00/cwt197.00–197.004041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2215211.00/cwt211.00–211.004541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295231.00/cwt231.00–231.006811
Steers—Medium and Large 2345215.00/cwt215.00–215.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
Steers—Medium and Large 1482221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295185.00/cwt185.00–185.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345162.00/cwt162.00–162.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451175.50/cwt175.50–175.5079216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517147.00/cwt147.00–147.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530162.00/cwt162.00–162.008591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558163.00/cwt163.00–163.009102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,13076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325195.00/cwt195.00–195.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375203.18/cwt190.00–219.007624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508184.03/cwt178.00–190.009352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590169.54/cwt165.00–174.001,0002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605165.00/cwt165.00–165.009981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,550107.89/cwt105.00–110.001,6722
Bulls——1,645100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90025.00/cwt25.00–25.002251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00451.20/cwt30.00–70.0051411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25675.42/cwt70.00–81.009479
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1731,112.56/head810.00–1,370.001,1136
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1701

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.