Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-12-05

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 5
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 348▲ 120 vs year ago 340 · +35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 35▲ 19 vs year ago 36 · +52.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 38▲ 2 vs year ago 28 · +7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week steers sold steady to $5 higher. Heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.62/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$242.62
101 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,351
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.01
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419268.891,12814thin
Medium and Large 1-2585238.471,39683
Medium and Large 2449236.751,0624thin
One grade step is worth $32.14/cwt here — about $65 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 sale101 hd
242.62
—
MS average13 barns · 1,043 hd
239.61
+3.01
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—Average1,90297.411,8533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34687.071,17210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06574.1378932

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)1,383$1,2434thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,208$9732thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,177$9693thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,183$9325
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$8701thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,198$1,0402thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280293.73/cwt292.50–295.008222
Steers—Medium and Large 1328283.82/cwt282.50–285.009312
Steers—Medium and Large 2355237.00/cwt237.00–237.008411
Steers—Medium and Large 1388266.13/cwt260.00–272.501,0332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1043
Steers—Medium and Large 1415272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2205
Steers—Medium and Large 2440235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2646
Steers—Medium and Large 2465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1161
Steers—Medium and Large 1473263.20/cwt252.50–275.001,2453
Steers—Medium and Large 1525258.74/cwt257.50–260.001,3582
Steers—Medium and Large 2535235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545253.36/cwt252.50–254.001,38121
Steers—Medium and Large 1580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,36618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,42711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,44915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4944
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285287.54/cwt285.00–290.008192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328251.00/cwt251.00–251.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330241.97/cwt237.50–250.007996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340228.75/cwt225.00–232.507782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370234.16/cwt227.50–245.0086614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388225.00/cwt225.00–225.008732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419233.27/cwt229.00–237.509778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430248.28/cwt239.00–258.001,0686
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437208.46/cwt200.00–217.509113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464228.07/cwt215.00–232.501,0584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523209.98/cwt205.00–215.001,0982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530175.00/cwt175.00–175.009281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245292.50/cwt292.50–292.507171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270270.00/cwt270.00–270.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1281291.14/cwt285.00–295.008186
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312287.06/cwt277.50–292.508966
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315261.11/cwt252.50–270.008222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375271.94/cwt265.00–287.501,02010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383256.13/cwt247.50–262.509814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423252.05/cwt242.50–265.001,0665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464253.81/cwt250.00–257.501,1786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470228.53/cwt222.50–235.001,0745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516233.17/cwt225.00–237.501,2034
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518210.61/cwt200.00–217.501,0913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576221.66/cwt215.00–232.501,2774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,90297.41/cwt85.00–107.501,8533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95763.28/cwt59.00–67.006066
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09076.63/cwt69.00–87.5083526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34687.07/cwt80.00–92.001,17210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,015720.00/head720.00–720.007201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3801,360.00/head1,360.00–1,360.001,3601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1965870.00/head870.00–870.008701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,177969.31/head890.00–1,000.009693
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,183932.21/head700.00–1,060.009325
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,208972.88/head900.00–1,060.009732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3831,243.07/head970.00–1,450.001,2434

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.