Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-04-22

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Apr 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 224▼ 88 vs year ago 189 · −46.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 13▼ 24 vs year ago 35 · −68.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 38▼ 9 vs year ago 18 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder calves sold $5 - $20 higher, $30 higher in spots. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold $15 - $20 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −60.55 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$318.75
4 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$78.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.61
vs MS average
−55.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532338.331,8003thin
Medium and Large 2595260.001,5471thin
One grade step is worth $78.33/cwt here — about $253 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 sale4 hd
318.75
—
MS average13 barns · 331 hd
334.36
−15.61
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
−55.27
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−60.55
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
477424371318median 379.3003/2406/0208/0409/2210/27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,689165.672,7984thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,092135.311,4776thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,8622thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$2,0752thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427374.98/cwt370.00–385.001,6015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468367.46/cwt365.00–370.001,7202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,77512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7571
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265340.00/cwt340.00–340.009011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363367.41/cwt365.00–370.001,3342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395345.00/cwt335.00–355.001,3632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435324.07/cwt315.00–330.001,4105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6462
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1213460.00/cwt460.00–460.009802
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1481
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2282426.72/cwt425.00–430.001,2033
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330341.69/cwt250.00–390.001,1283
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418336.85/cwt330.00–350.001,4083
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420360.09/cwt355.00–365.001,5124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488315.08/cwt300.00–330.001,5382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6871
Bulls——1,850174.22/cwt172.50–175.003,2233
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019138.46/cwt136.00–140.001,4114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1861
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,435144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0661
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0101,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0701,861.92/head1,700.00–2,000.001,8622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1802,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18101,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1993143.92/cwt141.00–146.001,4293

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.