Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-03-12

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 175▲ 108 vs year ago 134 · +80.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 23▼ 2 vs year ago 28 · −7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 25▼ 18 vs year ago 28 · −64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold higher $10 - $15. Heifers sold higher $15 - $20. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.19/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 4 of 17 comparable sales and sits −27.11 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$352.19
17 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+54.93
vs MS average
+36.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536352.191,88817thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
352.19
—
MS average12 barns · 251 hd
297.26
+54.93
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
+36.12
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−27.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
477424371318median 379.3003/2406/0208/0409/2210/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.50, low $332.31, median $379.30 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,661130.042,1596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,295118.251,5324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,026108.081,10910
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61596.001,5501thin

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)945$1,4251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$2,2292thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,280$2,1501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,055$1,1701thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318397.40/cwt395.00–400.001,2642
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2645
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470375.50/cwt375.50–375.501,7653
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536352.19/cwt341.00–357.001,88817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638292.57/cwt288.00–310.001,86732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733248.11/cwt235.00–250.001,81923
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,84812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285341.43/cwt335.00–355.009733
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310345.00/cwt335.00–355.001,0703
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330322.39/cwt315.00–330.001,0642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358303.37/cwt300.00–305.001,0863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365281.25/cwt272.50–290.001,0272
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435276.53/cwt275.00–278.001,2032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488256.35/cwt250.00–262.501,2512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,43212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3703
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,51718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619242.70/cwt239.00–260.001,50211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5914
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,69410
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279392.67/cwt385.00–400.001,0964
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330401.94/cwt395.00–415.001,3265
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368372.24/cwt360.00–385.001,3702
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369404.73/cwt395.00–415.001,4935
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410376.63/cwt375.00–380.001,5443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435327.56/cwt325.00–330.001,4252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,496125.60/cwt111.00–130.001,8794
Bulls——1,990138.91/cwt138.00–140.002,7642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76895.93/cwt90.00–100.007372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041112.70/cwt107.00–125.001,1737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207119.33/cwt115.00–124.001,4403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,440100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,560115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0551,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19451,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0401,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2702,228.84/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2292
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2802,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.