Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-09-24

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 24
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
321 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 321▲ 55 vs year ago 266 · +20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 25▼ 87 vs year ago 105 · −82.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 16▼ 34 vs year ago 42 · −81.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $3 - $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $6 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $238.55/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −140.75 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$238.55
30 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.09
vs MS average
−35.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539244.041,31511thin
Medium and Large 1-2575239.471,37714thin
Medium and Large 2570223.911,2765thin
One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $39 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 sale30 hd
238.55
—
MS average12 barns · 280 hd
246.65
−8.09
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−35.74
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−140.75
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—Average1,788145.602,6033thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,150111.611,2849thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,428111.441,5912thin

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)1,452$1,4723thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,3201thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,1251thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225390.00/cwt390.00–390.008781
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2245340.00/cwt340.00–340.008331
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280362.50/cwt350.00–375.001,0152
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325340.08/cwt335.00–345.001,1052
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378291.32/cwt275.00–310.001,1013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408287.48/cwt285.00–290.001,1732
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430264.71/cwt250.00–272.501,1387
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478265.00/cwt260.00–270.001,2675
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485247.36/cwt242.50–250.001,2005
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511251.13/cwt242.50–257.501,2836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572235.54/cwt232.50–240.001,3475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575239.47/cwt234.00–250.001,37714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2581225.51/cwt225.00–227.001,3104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4828
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705233.00/cwt231.00–235.001,6432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220305.00/cwt305.00–305.006711
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275310.00/cwt310.00–310.008531
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295290.00/cwt290.00–290.008561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313282.48/cwt280.00–285.008842
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325265.00/cwt265.00–265.008611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358264.98/cwt257.50–270.009493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431238.64/cwt235.00–247.501,0296
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441226.51/cwt222.50–232.509995
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474232.91/cwt229.00–237.501,1047
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,0643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0984
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1741
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520213.29/cwt210.00–215.001,1093
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3007
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2901
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5279
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205400.00/cwt400.00–400.008201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285350.00/cwt350.00–350.009981
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295315.00/cwt315.00–315.009291
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325225.00/cwt225.00–225.007311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355276.06/cwt272.00–280.009802
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395237.50/cwt237.50–237.509381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420273.76/cwt272.50–275.001,1504
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429248.32/cwt237.50–260.001,0657
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467263.36/cwt260.00–270.001,2303
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472238.50/cwt225.00–245.001,1263
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540233.75/cwt230.00–237.501,2622
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638223.75/cwt222.50–225.001,4282
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658223.75/cwt222.50–225.001,4722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,2981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,788145.60/cwt144.00–148.002,6033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018103.11/cwt100.00–106.001,0502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188114.04/cwt110.00–117.001,3557
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,428111.44/cwt110.00–113.001,5912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0851,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1051,320.00/head1,320.00–1,320.001,3201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3051,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4521,471.84/head1,425.00–1,550.001,4723

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.