Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-07-30

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 314▼ 171 vs year ago 249 · −68.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 5 vs year ago 20 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 16▼ 16 vs year ago 32 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week it was a much smaller run not enough calves to call a trend. Slaughter cattle sold $4 - $9 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $260.43/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.65 against this barn's trailing median of $361.08.
Average price
$260.43
6 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.24
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530263.511,3975thin
Medium and Large 2585245.001,4331thin
One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about −$36 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
260.43
—
MS average12 barns · 150 hd
265.66
−5.24
This barn, trailing median13 sales
361.08
−100.65
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

13 sales
441398354311median 361.0805/0507/0709/1510/1311/03
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $426.77, low $324.96, median $361.08 across 13 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—Average1,835146.002,6791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,915123.002,3551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,023110.731,13310

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)1,086$1,9003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$1,5493thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)810$1,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$1,9523thin
Cow-Calf PairsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$1,6002thin

Every lot

43 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 1250360.00/cwt360.00–360.009001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365350.14/cwt345.00–355.001,2782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5151
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462301.81/cwt292.50–307.501,3943
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333272.59/cwt260.00–285.009082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423243.77/cwt242.50–245.001,0312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1339369.96/cwt365.00–375.001,2544
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363366.67/cwt365.00–370.001,3313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373323.07/cwt312.50–335.001,2052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515265.87/cwt262.50–267.501,3693
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553259.98/cwt255.00–265.001,4382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4331
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,835146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,6791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83594.99/cwt92.00–100.007933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104117.48/cwt109.00–126.001,2977
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,915123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,3551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18101,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19601,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0861,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1431,548.62/head1,450.00–1,600.001,5493
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19701,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0401,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2681,952.16/head1,670.00–2,300.001,9523

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.