Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-04-16

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 194▼ 191 vs year ago 387 · −49.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 10 vs year ago 36 · −27.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 22▲ 17 vs year ago 11 · +154.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady. Heifers sold $7 - $15 higher. Feeder bulls sold $5 - $10 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $5 - $10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −75.30 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$304.00
10 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.15
vs MS average
−0.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504310.001,5627thin
Medium and Large 1523290.011,5173thin
One grade step is worth $19.99/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale10 hd
304.00
—
MS average13 barns · 361 hd
278.86
+25.15
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
−0.39
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−75.30
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—Average1,706148.082,5264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,463122.371,7904thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,031114.411,18012

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)865$1,6502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$1,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$1,6002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$1,5522thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,3251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,235$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,049$1,9524thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,203$1,6804thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)953$1,2693thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255362.50/cwt362.50–362.509241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2031
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423322.43/cwt320.00–325.001,3642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477308.11/cwt300.00–317.501,4703
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523290.01/cwt275.00–299.001,5173
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1602271.65/cwt265.00–275.001,6353
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,70012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721238.44/cwt234.00–242.001,71921
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200345.00/cwt345.00–345.006901
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275298.61/cwt295.00–302.508212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300296.25/cwt295.00–297.508892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305260.00/cwt260.00–260.007931
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363275.78/cwt270.00–285.501,0013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423268.31/cwt265.00–275.001,1354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,1894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440242.41/cwt235.00–250.001,0672
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450217.50/cwt217.50–217.509791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468260.61/cwt255.00–265.001,2204
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515240.70/cwt232.50–247.501,2404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,37813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,46713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,5111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2205342.50/cwt342.50–342.507021
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210387.00/cwt387.00–387.008131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255340.00/cwt340.00–340.008671
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325354.92/cwt347.50–362.501,1533
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328331.58/cwt325.00–337.501,0882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370338.36/cwt335.00–340.001,2523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413315.85/cwt310.00–322.501,3043
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465292.58/cwt285.00–300.001,3602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6361
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,706148.08/cwt139.00–154.002,5264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86796.89/cwt92.00–103.008403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086120.25/cwt113.00–126.001,3069
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,463122.37/cwt117.00–127.001,7904
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19101,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0952,044.86/head1,875.00–2,300.002,0453
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2031,680.17/head1,300.00–2,025.001,6804
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2352,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19531,269.14/head1,125.00–1,550.001,2693
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18651,650.00/head1,525.00–1,775.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0151,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0681,551.99/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0781,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1151,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.