Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-07-25

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 25
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 230▼ 2 vs year ago 154 · −1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 29▼ 26 vs year ago 43 · −60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 61▲ 13 vs year ago 3 · +433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold higher $2. Heifers sold lower $4-10. Quality was not the same; fewer receipts this week. Slaughter cows were steady to higher $3. Bulls were higher $4.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.18/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$209.18
52 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.02
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470213.561,00525
Medium and Large 1-2516212.421,09718thin
Medium and Large 2412190.527869thin
One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $219 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 sale52 hd
209.18
—
MS average13 barns · 989 hd
219.20
−10.02
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—Average1,760116.502,0502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180100.001,1802thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00279.7879911

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)963$1,0712thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$9901thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$9353thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,2944thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,1101thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2350210.00/cwt210.00–210.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 1440264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447210.00/cwt210.00–210.009393
Steers—Medium and Large 1520247.40/cwt229.00–257.001,2863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3855
Steers—Medium and Large 1610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3672
Steers—Medium and Large 1745211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280195.82/cwt175.00–219.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305199.49/cwt199.00–200.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328221.30/cwt208.00–231.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375181.00/cwt181.00–181.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376228.49/cwt220.00–235.008594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403215.00/cwt215.00–215.008663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423226.48/cwt215.00–238.009586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435200.00/cwt200.00–200.008701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463218.60/cwt212.00–223.001,0125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539211.90/cwt209.00–218.001,14215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565184.51/cwt184.00–185.001,0422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577181.03/cwt160.00–192.001,0453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665196.02/cwt195.00–197.001,3042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255221.00/cwt221.00–221.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340248.00/cwt229.00–267.008432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350180.00/cwt180.00–180.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1356241.90/cwt236.00–249.008614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430210.00/cwt210.00–210.009031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431227.86/cwt220.00–233.009824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465227.73/cwt220.00–234.001,0599
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520225.57/cwt221.00–229.001,1735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563220.41/cwt200.00–241.001,2412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623199.85/cwt190.00–215.001,2453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,760116.50/cwt115.00–117.502,0502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72550.42/cwt45.00–57.003662
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06386.30/cwt80.00–92.509179
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800990.00/head990.00–990.009901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29631,071.12/head1,010.00–1,140.001,0712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2988935.41/head840.00–990.009353
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28501,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28751,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,380.00/head1,380.00–1,380.001,3801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0231,272.40/head1,250.00–1,290.001,2722

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.