Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-01-07

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 7
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 184 vs last sale 251▼ 155 vs year ago 222 · −69.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 16▼ 24 vs year ago 35 · −68.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 18▲ 18 vs year ago 5 · +360.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand was good, Quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.14/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.94 against this barn's trailing median of $361.08.
Average price
$274.14
6 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.54
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547280.761,5353thin
Medium and Large 2557267.521,4903thin
One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd
274.14
—
MS average8 barns · 59 hd
281.68
−7.54
This barn, trailing median13 sales
361.08
−86.94
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,170111.531,3059thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)950$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,8762thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$1,8462thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$1,6924thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,4501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,183$1,4292thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,173$1,4063thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,056$1,8275
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)810$1,1501thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517288.99/cwt282.50–297.501,4943
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565301.59/cwt297.50–305.001,7043
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570282.54/cwt277.50–287.501,6102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615279.88/cwt275.00–285.001,7212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360275.00/cwt275.00–275.009902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465251.13/cwt247.50–255.001,1682
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1891
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585221.25/cwt220.00–222.501,2942
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3342
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330364.92/cwt360.00–370.001,2043
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,3312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563266.28/cwt260.00–272.501,4992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570271.14/cwt265.00–277.501,5452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79091.00/cwt91.00–91.007191
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,218114.10/cwt105.00–120.001,3908
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18551,875.58/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19701,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1731,406.18/head1,200.00–1,550.001,4063
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1831,428.96/head1,300.00–1,550.001,4292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2631,691.98/head1,500.00–1,900.001,6924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2851,845.82/head1,800.00–1,875.001,8462
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18101,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19891,746.46/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7464
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.