Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-09-03

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 3
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
216 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 278▼ 316 vs year ago 532 · −59.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 30▼ 3 vs year ago 41 · −7.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 21▼ 37 vs year ago 58 · −63.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer under #400 sold $3 - $10 lower, over #400 sold steady to $8 higher. Heifers sold mixed $5 lower to $10 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $8 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $224.74/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −136.34 against this barn's trailing median of $361.08.
Average price
$224.74
12 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.79
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529238.801,2634thin
Medium and Large 2546217.711,1888thin
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale12 hd
224.74
—
MS average12 barns · 144 hd
232.53
−7.79
This barn, trailing median13 sales
361.08
−136.34
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—Average1,740147.652,5694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,484118.691,76112
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,204117.651,41714

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,600$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,269$1,5864thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,5485
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,153$1,3336
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)973$1,1402thin

Every lot

57 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275350.00/cwt350.00–350.009631
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0891
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2061
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528237.23/cwt232.50–247.501,2533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617238.27/cwt232.50–250.001,4703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668238.01/cwt235.00–241.001,5902
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210340.00/cwt340.00–340.007141
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235292.34/cwt285.00–300.006872
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317259.47/cwt250.00–280.008233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350282.50/cwt282.50–282.509891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375242.97/cwt232.50–250.009114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424236.83/cwt232.20–240.001,0045
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432225.00/cwt225.00–225.009723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458236.35/cwt230.00–242.501,0822
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515220.88/cwt215.00–227.501,1383
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0941
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580160.00/cwt160.00–160.009281
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4434
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268301.33/cwt300.00–302.508082
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280345.00/cwt345.00–345.009661
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0022
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325288.59/cwt275.00–300.009383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369296.34/cwt290.00–300.001,0934
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369251.31/cwt225.00–285.009274
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413277.58/cwt275.00–280.001,1462
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413252.49/cwt247.50–260.001,0433
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463254.86/cwt250.00–260.001,1802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475234.25/cwt220.00–245.001,1133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505245.07/cwt237.50–252.501,2382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527221.39/cwt215.00–230.001,1675
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553232.53/cwt225.00–240.001,2862
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577211.59/cwt207.50–217.501,2213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615222.57/cwt215.00–227.501,3693
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,4191
Bulls——1,760148.87/cwt140.00–155.002,6203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210118.85/cwt115.00–125.001,43813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,487118.93/cwt115.00–123.001,76811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1531,332.57/head950.00–1,625.001,3336
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1601,547.61/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5485
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2691,585.57/head1,075.00–1,850.001,5864
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19731,139.72/head1,100.00–1,175.001,1402

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.