Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 311▼ 269 vs year ago 420 · −64.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 22▼ 57 vs year ago 71 · −80.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 35▼ 35 vs year ago 39 · −89.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $10 higher. Heifers sold $4 - $8 higher. Slaughter sold $7 - $10 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.85/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −104.24 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$241.85
8 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.03
vs MS average
−23.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526246.981,2995thin
Medium and Large 2528233.301,2323thin
One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $67 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 sale8 hd
241.85
—
MS average13 barns · 341 hd
254.88
−13.03
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−23.52
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−104.24
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—Average1,747157.422,7503thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,420126.181,7922thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low984116.821,1494thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$1,4501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,003$1,1802thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220395.00/cwt395.00–395.008691
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255380.00/cwt380.00–380.009691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303347.56/cwt340.00–355.001,0532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3321
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413296.49/cwt290.00–300.001,2253
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428325.19/cwt315.00–335.001,3923
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465292.45/cwt290.00–295.001,3602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555295.05/cwt290.00–300.001,6382
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622252.57/cwt247.50–260.001,5713
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270370.00/cwt370.00–370.009991
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285340.00/cwt340.00–340.009691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325328.46/cwt322.50–335.001,0672
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365262.20/cwt262.20–262.209571
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434276.56/cwt265.00–282.501,2005
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475267.47/cwt265.00–270.001,2702
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511246.23/cwt242.50–252.501,2584
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528233.30/cwt232.50–235.001,2323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615252.52/cwt250.00–255.001,5532
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6861
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260345.00/cwt345.00–345.008971
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273384.77/cwt380.00–390.001,0502
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323372.56/cwt365.00–380.001,2032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371363.35/cwt360.00–370.001,3483
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373337.58/cwt325.00–350.001,2592
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420302.50/cwt295.00–310.001,2712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463297.38/cwt290.00–305.001,3772
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515257.45/cwt252.50–262.501,3262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628247.56/cwt242.50–252.501,5552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,747157.42/cwt147.50–167.002,7503
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860108.00/cwt108.00–108.009291
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025119.76/cwt118.00–121.001,2283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420126.18/cwt122.00–131.001,7922
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0031,180.42/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501

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.