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Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Dec 10

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

156 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 198▼ 93 vs year ago 249 · −37.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 23▼ 11 vs year ago 32 · −34.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 15▲ 13 vs year ago 22 · +59.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle sold mixed $12 lower to $15 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2 - $6 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.01/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −104.29 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.

Average price

$275.01

12 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$43.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.39

vs MS average

−49.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	293.96	1,569	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	274.87	1,581	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	249.97	1,400	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.99/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

275.01

—

MS average13 barns · 216 hd

298.40

−23.39

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−49.34

This barn, trailing median17 sales

379.30

−104.29

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,550	141.00	2,186	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,422	117.01	1,664	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,152	111.20	1,281	13

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	973	$2,079	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,102	$1,980	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	941	$1,835	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,078	$1,827	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	968	$1,679	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	740	$1,636	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	913	$2,550	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,323	$2,200	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$1,025	1thin

Every lot

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,019	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,389	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,334	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,516	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	294.95/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,548	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,630	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	274.87/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,581	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	244.96/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,433	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	235.63/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,628	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,820	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,959	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	326.16/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,037	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	302.24/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,013	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,015	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	260.65/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,100	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	278.13/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,185	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	269.13/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,270	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	250.94/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,297	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	222.44/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,252	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,376	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	199.23/cwt	196.00–202.50	1,444	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,007	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	346.22/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,136	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	337.54/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,198	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	296.40/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,257	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	327.37/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,418	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	304.75/cwt	287.50–317.50	1,402	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	290.96/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,507	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	253.72/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,352	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	254.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,486	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,545	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,658	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,186	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	90.52/cwt	90.00–91.00	928	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	114.24/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,324	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	118.23/cwt	118.00–118.50	1,476	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,422	117.01/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,664	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	740	1,636.15/head	1,350.00–1,900.00	1,636	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	941	1,834.54/head	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,835	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	968	1,679.26/head	1,150.00–2,100.00	1,679	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	973	2,079.15/head	1,500.00–2,700.00	2,079	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,078	1,826.86/head	1,675.00–1,950.00	1,827	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,102	1,979.64/head	1,000.00–2,950.00	1,980	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,155	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	860	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	965	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,470	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	860	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,151	1

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Dec 10, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 198Year ago 249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 23Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 15Year ago 22

Compared to last week feeder cattle sold mixed $12 lower to $15 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2 - $6 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	318	322.50–330.00	326.16
1	350–400	350	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	426	272.50–282.50	278.13
3	450–500	472	265.00–272.50	269.13
5	500–550	517	247.50–255.00	250.94
2	550–600	563	220.00–225.00	222.44
1	600–650	605	227.50	227.50
2	700–750	725	196.00–202.50	199.23
1	800–850	815	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	292.50–315.00	302.24
3	400–450	422	250.00–270.00	260.65
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	535	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	345.00–347.50	346.22
2	350–400	355	335.00–340.00	337.54
2	400–450	433	320.00–335.00	327.37
1	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	518	285.00–295.00	290.96
2	550–600	583	250.00–260.00	254.94
1	600–650	600	257.50	257.50
1	650–700	670	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
7	400–450	424	275.00–315.00	296.40
7	450–500	460	287.50–317.50	304.75
2	500–550	533	247.50–260.00	253.72
1	550–600	590	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	575	270.00–282.50	274.87
11	650–700	691	234.00–240.00	235.63
2	800–850	848	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	420	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	485	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	585	240.00–250.00	244.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	357.50	357.50
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	463	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	525	292.50–300.00	294.95
1	550–600	560	291.00	291.00
1	750–800	755	241.00	241.00
1	800–850	825	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	941	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,834.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	740	1,350.00–1,900.00	1,636.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	1,675.00–1,950.00	1,826.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	968	1,150.00–2,100.00	1,679.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,102	1,000.00–2,950.00	1,979.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	973	1,500.00–2,700.00	2,079.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,470	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	177.00	177.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	90.00–91.00	90.52
9	—	1,159	110.00–119.00	114.24
2	—	1,248	118.00–118.50	118.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	115.00–118.00	117.01

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.