Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-01-14

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 67▼ 60 vs year ago 222 · −27.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 20 vs year ago 35 · −57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 23▲ 6 vs year ago 5 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale feeder calves sold $3 - $12 higher, $20 in spots. Slaughter cattle sold $3 - $10 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.44/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −89.65 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$256.44
15 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$345
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$61.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.55
vs MS average
−47.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541275.201,48810thin
Medium and Large 1543226.251,2272thin
Medium and Large 2534214.051,1423thin
One grade step is worth $61.15/cwt here — about $345 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
256.44
—
MS average13 barns · 334 hd
260.99
−4.55
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−47.59
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−89.65
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
421380340300median 346.1004/0707/1408/2509/2910/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $313.86, median $346.10 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—Average1,445133.661,9312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,453117.111,7022thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average919111.531,0258thin

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)910$1,3432thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,038$1,5573thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350367.50/cwt360.00–375.001,2862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582307.43/cwt302.50–310.001,78916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583261.01/cwt250.00–272.501,5222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610278.81/cwt275.00–282.501,7012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8821
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8462
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,3631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230370.00/cwt370.00–370.008511
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240320.00/cwt320.00–320.007681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295330.00/cwt330.00–330.009741
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295305.00/cwt305.00–305.009001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317308.21/cwt300.00–315.009773
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390225.00/cwt225.00–225.008781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415248.12/cwt222.50–275.001,0302
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2375
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2171
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483242.38/cwt235.00–250.001,1712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513228.58/cwt225.00–232.201,1732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4557
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3021
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5653
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5604
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230414.93/cwt410.00–420.009543
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0311
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0372
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1317369.89/cwt365.00–375.001,1733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1357365.09/cwt360.00–370.001,3033
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373343.46/cwt330.00–355.001,2814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1831
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420327.38/cwt325.00–330.001,3752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463294.21/cwt290.00–300.001,3623
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517282.54/cwt280.00–285.001,4613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528291.88/cwt287.50–297.501,5414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587271.68/cwt265.00–275.001,5953
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613266.20/cwt262.50–270.001,6322
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,445133.66/cwt132.00–135.001,9312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%835101.09/cwt97.00–109.008443
Cows—Lean 85-90%970117.80/cwt111.00–123.001,1435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,453117.11/cwt112.00–122.001,7022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1895800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19101,343.27/head1,250.00–1,425.001,3432
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,155900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0381,557.38/head1,350.00–1,750.001,5573

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.