Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-10-29

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 165▼ 13 vs year ago 266 · −4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 27▼ 54 vs year ago 94 · −57.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 42 vs year ago 51 · −82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $3 - $10 lower. Heifers sold under 400# $2 - $10 lower, over 400# $3 - $15 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to $5 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to $3 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $254.68/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −106.46 against this barn's trailing median of $361.14.
Average price
$254.68
13 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,340
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.89
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525268.331,4094thin
Medium and Large 2526248.611,3099thin
One grade step is worth $19.71/cwt here — about $101 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 sale13 hd
254.68
—
MS average13 barns · 193 hd
239.79
+14.89
This barn, trailing median12 sales
361.14
−106.46
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

12 sales
441398354311median 361.1405/0507/0709/1510/1310/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $426.77, low $324.96, median $361.14 across 12 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—Average1,745142.152,4813thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,965115.002,2601thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,489113.271,6877thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,229112.231,37922

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)1,300$1,6442thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$1,3872thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,063$1,3642thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468287.54/cwt285.00–290.001,3462
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478274.02/cwt273.00–275.001,3102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3864
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1753206.25/cwt205.00–207.501,5532
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285260.00/cwt260.00–260.007411
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288272.48/cwt270.00–275.007852
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328253.70/cwt247.50–260.008322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328217.50/cwt217.50–217.507135
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330280.00/cwt280.00–280.009241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378254.95/cwt252.50–257.509642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378242.50/cwt242.50–242.509172
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419217.50/cwt217.50–217.509115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425223.42/cwt205.00–242.509506
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475247.55/cwt245.00–250.001,1762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477225.54/cwt217.50–235.001,0765
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2405
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530234.98/cwt232.50–237.501,2452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576215.00/cwt210.00–220.001,2387
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630219.26/cwt215.00–225.001,3813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668216.25/cwt215.00–217.501,4452
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280318.66/cwt295.00–345.008922
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0441
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317333.03/cwt325.00–345.001,0563
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327352.87/cwt345.00–360.001,1545
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370275.00/cwt250.00–300.001,0182
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378310.75/cwt305.00–315.001,1753
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414268.51/cwt242.50–285.001,1127
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420293.75/cwt287.50–300.001,2346
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469275.22/cwt270.00–280.001,2915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472258.49/cwt252.50–267.501,2205
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517272.77/cwt267.50–280.001,4103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519250.94/cwt237.50–260.001,3028
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632217.38/cwt207.50–225.001,3743
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658222.47/cwt220.00–225.001,4642
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,745142.15/cwt139.00–144.002,4813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,186112.22/cwt106.00–116.001,33114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,243103.03/cwt99.00–107.001,2813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,340117.78/cwt115.00–120.001,5785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,489113.27/cwt110.00–115.001,6877
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,965115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,2601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19401,386.77/head1,375.00–1,400.001,3872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0631,364.12/head1,300.00–1,425.001,3642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3001,643.56/head1,375.00–1,900.001,6442

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.