Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-03-26

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 209▲ 187 vs year ago 207 · +90.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 21▼ 11 vs year ago 29 · −37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 60▼ 12 vs year ago 28 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to lower $8. Heifers sold $5 - $10 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $6 - $14 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.01/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −101.08 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$245.01
25 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.66
vs MS average
−21.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527252.291,3303thin
Medium and Large 1-2564244.021,37622
One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about −$47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
245.01
—
MS average13 barns · 229 hd
257.67
−12.66
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−21.86
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−101.08
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

12 sales
421380340300median 346.1004/0707/1408/2509/2910/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $313.86, median $346.10 across 12 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—Average1,608146.612,3572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350131.421,7744thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low995125.841,2527thin

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)990$1,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,4251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)818$1,3322thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,3251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,1551thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)838$1,6252thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)851$1,1314thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230330.00/cwt330.00–330.007591
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270370.00/cwt370.00–370.009991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3609
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0956
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430348.05/cwt333.00–360.001,49732
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4778
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5071
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532295.16/cwt292.00–307.001,5709
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579284.99/cwt265.00–289.501,65016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural641249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,59610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672250.58/cwt245.00–263.001,68419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673248.68/cwt242.50–255.001,6742
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7441
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8386
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230317.50/cwt317.50–317.507301
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269323.70/cwt320.00–325.008714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009452
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317318.66/cwt300.00–330.001,01017
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327316.97/cwt305.00–325.001,0365
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353268.76/cwt267.50–270.009492
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360285.01/cwt277.50–290.001,0263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0445
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474261.90/cwt257.50–265.001,2414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527252.29/cwt247.50–262.501,3303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564244.02/cwt235.00–251.001,37622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3889
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5153
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872203.25/cwt203.25–203.251,77259
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225360.00/cwt360.00–360.008101
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2272343.74/cwt325.00–355.009353
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282367.57/cwt362.50–375.001,0373
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318343.74/cwt335.00–355.001,0934
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320375.00/cwt370.00–380.001,2003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420305.92/cwt300.00–312.501,2853
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2261
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460304.89/cwt300.00–310.001,4022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4421
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,608146.61/cwt140.00–153.002,3572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%913108.04/cwt105.00–111.009862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028132.96/cwt127.00–145.001,3675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350131.42/cwt127.00–136.001,7744
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18181,332.49/head1,275.00–1,375.001,3322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19651,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19901,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,155.00/head1,155.00–1,155.001,1551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18511,131.42/head1,000.00–1,275.001,1314
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 16951,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19801,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251

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.