Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-07-09

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 195▼ 121 vs year ago 374 · −32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 20▼ 1 vs year ago 23 · −4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 22 vs year ago 25 · −88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold $7 - $13 higher. Heifers sold steady to $7 lower. 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 $266.40/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −112.90 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$266.40
7 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−19.91
vs MS average
−36.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548266.401,4607thin
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 sale7 hd
266.40
—
MS average11 barns · 290 hd
286.31
−19.91
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−36.51
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−112.90
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—Average1,650150.042,4763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350133.811,8065thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,074127.761,37211

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)1,160$1,4251thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1195450.00/cwt450.00–450.008781
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308367.68/cwt360.00–375.001,1322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370369.88/cwt365.00–375.001,3694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473295.89/cwt292.00–300.001,4002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520267.48/cwt260.00–272.501,3913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569265.59/cwt255.00–275.001,5114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,79416
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,82813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270346.94/cwt340.00–355.009372
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285335.00/cwt335.00–335.009551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360287.29/cwt280.00–295.001,0342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395247.50/cwt247.50–247.509781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431279.77/cwt272.50–290.001,2064
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478237.59/cwt235.00–240.001,1362
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1702
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528251.30/cwt240.00–262.501,3272
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568248.73/cwt245.00–252.501,4132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572219.93/cwt215.00–225.001,2583
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633240.02/cwt235.00–245.001,5192
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215412.50/cwt400.00–425.008872
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278365.27/cwt355.00–375.001,0152
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323376.67/cwt375.00–380.001,2176
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370364.46/cwt355.00–375.001,3492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385331.43/cwt310.00–345.001,2763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415311.61/cwt310.00–315.001,2933
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440283.62/cwt272.50–295.001,2482
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481278.74/cwt270.00–295.001,3417
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535268.87/cwt262.50–275.001,4382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558261.68/cwt257.50–267.501,4603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613234.04/cwt225.00–242.501,4353
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650230.00/cwt227.50–232.501,4952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,650150.04/cwt149.00–151.002,4763
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%862102.54/cwt92.00–108.008843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153137.22/cwt134.00–141.001,5828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350133.81/cwt125.00–140.001,8065
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1905162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4711

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.