Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-04-01

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 127▼ 81 vs year ago 222 · −36.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 20▼ 17 vs year ago 45 · −37.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 47▼ 74 vs year ago 110 · −67.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder calves sold $3 - $30 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $2 - $13 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.27/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −43.81 against this barn's trailing median of $361.08.
Average price
$317.27
10 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552332.491,8344thin
Medium and Large 2567307.121,7416thin
One grade step is worth $25.37/cwt here — about $92 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 sale10 hd
317.27
—
MS average8 barns · 91 hd
313.62
+3.65
This barn, trailing median13 sales
361.08
−43.81
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
Bulls—Average1,394147.992,0634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,465140.002,0511thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066131.141,39820

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)969$1,8865
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,147$1,7363thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)985$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)920$1,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,42119
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,8001thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315467.50/cwt460.00–475.001,4732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383447.35/cwt440.00–455.001,7132
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0181
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323332.32/cwt295.00–375.001,0733
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370352.50/cwt350.00–355.001,3042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373384.83/cwt380.00–390.001,4352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4661
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440311.63/cwt305.00–315.001,3713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480309.40/cwt307.50–310.001,4854
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523299.39/cwt295.00–305.001,5664
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530278.08/cwt267.50–290.001,4743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6241
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6321
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775224.94/cwt220.00–230.001,7432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0331
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278432.48/cwt430.00–435.001,2022
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5361
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3612
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355452.61/cwt445.00–460.001,6072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375396.67/cwt350.00–420.001,4883
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428367.19/cwt350.00–385.001,5722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7251
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476336.47/cwt310.00–355.001,6024
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538330.07/cwt325.00–335.001,7762
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,8922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567307.12/cwt275.00–320.001,7416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605306.26/cwt305.00–307.501,8532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610284.92/cwt280.00–290.001,7382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,263138.22/cwt129.00–145.001,7462
Bulls——1,525157.75/cwt150.00–165.002,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%933114.56/cwt112.00–118.001,0693
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035141.97/cwt140.00–143.001,4693
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101132.37/cwt125.00–139.001,45714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,465140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0511
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0132,053.05/head1,700.00–2,600.002,0538
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1632,688.55/head2,200.00–3,000.002,68911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19201,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19691,885.81/head1,750.00–2,050.001,8865
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19851,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1471,736.34/head1,600.00–1,800.001,7363
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,030168.26/cwt160.00–177.501,7333

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.