Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-03

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 3
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 293▼ 40 vs year ago 311 · −12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 18▲ 9 vs year ago 22 · +40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 77▼ 27 vs year ago 35 · −77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady. Heifers sold steady to $10 higher. Slaughter cows sold $5 - $20 higher. Slaughter bulls sold $8 - $15 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.57/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −46.73 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$332.57
6 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.09
vs MS average
−46.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535341.711,8293thin
Medium and Large 2540323.431,7473thin
One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $83 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
332.57
—
MS average11 barns · 366 hd
346.66
−14.09
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−46.01
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−46.73
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—Low1,390182.002,5302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,512160.892,4324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,038153.441,59319

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,455$2,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,2403thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$1,6501thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393392.55/cwt385.00–400.001,5432
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5591
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513350.07/cwt345.00–355.001,7962
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530332.64/cwt325.00–340.001,7632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658304.94/cwt300.00–310.002,0072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1275
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,31460
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903272.25/cwt272.25–272.252,45857
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0012
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265421.82/cwt415.00–430.001,1183
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365322.81/cwt300.00–345.001,1782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471328.78/cwt325.00–335.001,5494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483261.53/cwt225.00–300.001,2632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512322.04/cwt315.00–330.001,6495
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558273.76/cwt272.50–275.001,5282
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4181
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,0641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308436.62/cwt435.00–440.001,3453
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333406.11/cwt385.00–420.001,3524
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368407.24/cwt400.00–415.001,4992
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378383.57/cwt360.00–395.001,4506
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424376.36/cwt375.00–385.001,5967
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430361.90/cwt350.00–370.001,5568
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463374.87/cwt370.00–380.001,7363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480339.13/cwt315.00–350.001,6284
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509347.02/cwt345.00–355.001,7665
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528323.78/cwt312.50–330.001,7106
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573302.60/cwt300.00–305.001,7342
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577312.48/cwt310.00–320.001,8036
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615297.46/cwt295.00–300.001,8292
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627309.94/cwt302.50–315.001,9433
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,060172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,8231
Bulls——1,720192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,3021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%858133.22/cwt127.00–137.001,1434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042151.66/cwt145.00–159.001,5809
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,152169.58/cwt163.00–176.001,9546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,508168.90/cwt168.00–170.002,5472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,515152.88/cwt152.00–154.002,3162
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2885205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8141
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19352,239.53/head2,000.00–2,625.002,2403
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19401,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4552,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1855195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6671

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.