Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-10-01

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 321▼ 62 vs year ago 411 · −15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 18▼ 29 vs year ago 60 · −48.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 13 vs year ago 19 · −68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $2 - $12 higher. Heifers sold mixed $7 lower to $12 higher. Slaughter 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 $250.27/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −129.03 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$250.27
15 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs MS average
−36.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544256.601,3955thin
Medium and Large 2535247.501,3241thin
Medium and Large 1559247.051,3829thin
One grade step is worth $9.55/cwt here — about $14 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 sale15 hd
250.27
—
MS average12 barns · 401 hd
251.69
−1.43
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
−36.55
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−129.03
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—Average1,677141.262,3693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,440112.921,6263thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,105109.711,21215

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)1,140$1,3772thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)765$1,3251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)955$1,0001thin

Every lot

60 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 1230350.00/cwt350.00–350.008051
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362325.14/cwt320.00–330.001,1773
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370296.07/cwt295.00–297.201,0952
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2412281.30/cwt271.00–290.001,1593
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472270.93/cwt265.00–275.001,2795
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475254.37/cwt245.00–260.001,2083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491275.18/cwt262.50–280.001,35116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530261.30/cwt257.50–269.001,3853
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3483
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4672
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574239.93/cwt235.00–245.001,3776
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,45616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622221.60/cwt215.00–225.001,3783
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630236.69/cwt232.50–240.001,4913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5948
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250285.00/cwt285.00–285.007131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1303271.28/cwt267.50–275.008222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367253.33/cwt252.50–255.009303
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376264.40/cwt261.00–267.509947
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408257.47/cwt252.50–262.501,0502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443243.51/cwt240.00–248.001,0793
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1154
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468238.88/cwt232.50–245.001,11812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478207.04/cwt192.50–217.509903
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1338
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578217.65/cwt212.50–222.501,2582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235355.00/cwt355.00–355.008341
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245405.00/cwt405.00–405.009921
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273327.73/cwt310.00–335.008954
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280357.63/cwt355.00–360.001,0012
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319348.69/cwt345.00–355.001,1124
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320313.28/cwt300.00–325.001,0022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378288.04/cwt275.00–300.001,0898
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380313.25/cwt310.00–320.001,1903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465270.56/cwt267.50–277.501,2584
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471252.57/cwt245.00–262.501,1906
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534225.87/cwt225.00–227.501,2064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564231.65/cwt227.50–241.001,3075
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573217.00/cwt210.00–225.001,2435
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615229.32/cwt225.00–234.001,4103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,677141.26/cwt139.00–145.002,3693
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01596.78/cwt93.00–103.009823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127112.94/cwt105.00–118.001,27312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440112.92/cwt110.00–117.001,6263
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19551,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17651,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,376.92/head1,000.00–1,625.001,3772

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.