Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-05-07

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, May 7
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 217▼ 146 vs year ago 373 · −39.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 16▲ 21 vs year ago 50 · +42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 10▲ 29 vs year ago 63 · +46.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $4 - $8 higher. Heifers sold steady to $4 higher. Slaughter cattle was steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.94/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −112.16 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$233.94
6 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.00
vs MS average
−33.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550234.731,2925thin
Medium and Large 2540230.001,2421thin
One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $50 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 sale6 hd
233.94
—
MS average13 barns · 290 hd
246.94
−13.00
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−33.65
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−112.16
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—Average1,494130.001,9437thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,318116.351,5339thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063113.221,20331

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)1,274$1,67612
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)967$1,5533thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,135$1,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)815$1,1501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,098$2,3685
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,226$2,38825
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,378$2,0085

Every lot

59 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 1277366.57/cwt360.00–370.001,0153
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315358.31/cwt350.00–365.001,1293
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385351.14/cwt340.00–365.001,3524
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1104
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3273
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525272.50/cwt267.50–277.501,4312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278305.32/cwt300.00–310.008492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320293.87/cwt280.00–305.009404
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331317.60/cwt315.00–325.001,0514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0861
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420268.88/cwt262.50–280.001,1295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430249.97/cwt247.50–252.501,0752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474248.02/cwt240.00–257.501,17611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2627
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533242.54/cwt235.00–250.001,2932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562229.52/cwt210.00–246.001,2903
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4544
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1165385.00/cwt385.00–385.006351
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2205375.00/cwt375.00–375.007691
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215400.00/cwt400.00–400.008601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265362.22/cwt355.00–370.009602
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310364.84/cwt360.00–370.001,1312
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380338.72/cwt330.00–345.001,2874
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405302.47/cwt300.00–305.001,2252
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418325.10/cwt315.00–330.001,3594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,3952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473297.41/cwt295.00–300.001,4072
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580243.73/cwt242.50–245.001,4142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,052116.67/cwt116.00–117.001,2273
Bulls——1,826140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,5564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875100.57/cwt99.00–103.008803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083114.58/cwt105.00–123.001,24128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318116.35/cwt114.00–122.501,5339
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,0982,368.42/head2,150.00–2,500.002,3685
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2121,665.05/head1,275.00–2,250.001,6653
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2282,486.16/head2,150.00–2,700.002,48622
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4142,134.84/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1354
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1909147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3367
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18151,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19671,553.19/head1,350.00–1,900.001,5533
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1501,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2741,676.36/head1,600.00–1,850.001,67612

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.