Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-04-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 171▲ 23 vs year ago 302 · +7.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 50▲ 29 vs year ago 21 · +138.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 12▲ 56 vs year ago 10 · +560.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $207.73/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$207.73
128 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,461
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$514
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2434230.501,00013thin
Medium and Large 2230206.004741thin
Medium and Large 1738205.151,515114
One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about −$514 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 sale128 hd
207.73
—
MS average13 barns · 879 hd
223.88
−16.16
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—Average1,625117.101,9037thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13590.841,03112
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02375.1876919

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,161$1,4187
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,207$1,2425
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$1,0293thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,255$9901thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$1,60110
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)670$9052thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)980$9001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)968$8403thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2230206.00/cwt206.00–206.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270257.77/cwt255.00–261.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345225.00/cwt225.00–225.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360220.00/cwt220.00–220.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428223.11/cwt214.00–233.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 1467251.70/cwt247.00–253.001,17524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518229.97/cwt229.00–231.001,1912
Steers—Medium and Large 1525232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550225.00/cwt224.00–226.001,2382
Steers—Medium and Large 1569230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3093
Steers—Medium and Large 1614217.60/cwt216.00–219.501,33613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2931
Steers—Medium and Large 1734195.81/cwt194.60–197.001,4378
Steers—Medium and Large 1855178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5222
Steers—Medium and Large 1906181.25/cwt181.25–181.251,64258
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280223.00/cwt223.00–223.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360217.50/cwt217.00–218.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382238.00/cwt238.00–238.009093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410206.00/cwt206.00–206.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420186.90/cwt178.00–195.007853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429227.50/cwt227.50–227.5097614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472186.48/cwt180.00–195.008803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,06222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485181.00/cwt181.00–181.008781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,10813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2281257.17/cwt250.00–260.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2326254.44/cwt244.00–261.008294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365232.67/cwt217.00–254.008494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390221.00/cwt221.00–221.008621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418217.98/cwt215.00–221.009112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419216.50/cwt215.00–218.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468189.52/cwt170.00–205.008874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478211.26/cwt199.00–218.001,0106
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520149.00/cwt149.00–149.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585192.12/cwt185.00–199.001,1242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,625117.10/cwt112.50–120.001,9037
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02375.18/cwt65.00–85.0076919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13590.84/cwt85.00–100.001,03112
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,0201,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3111,685.19/head1,550.00–1,800.001,6858
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29881,029.06/head870.00–1,170.001,0293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,259.04/head1,120.00–1,375.001,2592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1611,417.63/head1,110.00–1,500.001,4187
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255990.00/head990.00–990.009901
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3121,230.14/head1,010.00–1,325.001,2303
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2650900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2690910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2968840.24/head700.00–970.008403
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980900.00/head900.00–900.009001

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.