Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-05-13

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, May 13
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 276▲ 54 vs year ago 164 · +32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 4 vs year ago 22 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 35▲ 45 vs year ago 40 · +112.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $20 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $327.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −51.80 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$327.50
4 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.89
vs MS average
−57.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553336.671,8633thin
Medium and Large 2585300.001,7551thin
One grade step is worth $36.67/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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
327.50
—
MS average12 barns · 221 hd
352.39
−24.89
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−57.10
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−51.80
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—Average1,663177.312,9492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,483141.022,0912thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,249139.581,74312

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)1,320$2,8504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,510$2,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,422$2,58442
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,565$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,264$2,40812
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,574$3,37914

Every lot

63 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628261.56/cwt250.00–272.501,6432
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6291
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9571
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,1531
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1841
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2992259.25/cwt259.25–259.252,572104
Steers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,310201.50/cwt201.50–201.502,6401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1145405.00/cwt405.00–405.005871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382363.36/cwt360.00–370.001,3883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405338.29/cwt335.00–340.001,3703
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419355.03/cwt350.00–360.001,4884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470330.04/cwt325.00–335.001,5513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495295.00/cwt275.00–315.001,4602
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519322.42/cwt315.00–325.001,6734
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568317.58/cwt315.00–320.001,8042
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578293.26/cwt290.00–300.001,6953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713277.51/cwt275.00–280.001,9792
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750278.75/cwt275.00–282.502,0912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0811
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245350.00/cwt350.00–350.008581
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1253482.48/cwt480.00–485.001,2212
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1021
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333443.30/cwt435.00–450.001,4763
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333397.48/cwt395.00–400.001,3242
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380442.57/cwt440.00–445.001,6822
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433385.17/cwt375.00–395.001,6682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458374.91/cwt370.00–385.001,7173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470357.54/cwt350.00–365.001,6804
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510352.35/cwt345.00–360.001,7972
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9151
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6501
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,0111
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1935234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,1881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,663177.31/cwt175.00–180.002,9492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,249139.58/cwt130.00–147.001,74312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,483141.02/cwt140.00–142.002,0912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2642,407.72/head2,200.00–2,575.002,40812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3202,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4222,583.68/head1,750.00–2,850.002,58442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5102,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5652,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,095154.81/cwt150.00–162.001,6954
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,465167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,4471
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5103,248.43/head2,950.00–3,350.003,2484
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5993,430.65/head3,200.00–3,600.003,43110

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.