Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 212▼ 156 vs year ago 314 · −49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 28▼ 4 vs year ago 21 · −19.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 16▼ 3 vs year ago 16 · −18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 - 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $337.07/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −24.07 against this barn's trailing median of $361.14.
Average price
$337.07
8 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,804
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.61
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542352.551,9094thin
Medium and Large 2529321.591,7004thin
One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $209 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 sale8 hd
337.07
—
MS average13 barns · 132 hd
329.46
+7.61
This barn, trailing median12 sales
361.14
−24.07
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
441398354311median 361.1405/0507/0709/1510/1310/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $426.77, low $324.96, median $361.14 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—Average1,665180.703,0092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,405142.001,9951thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,055133.821,41212

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)1,118$2,1113thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,039$2,7095

Every lot

56 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379407.82/cwt390.00–425.001,5464
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425397.56/cwt395.00–400.001,6902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433348.29/cwt320.00–375.001,5082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468370.03/cwt365.00–375.001,7322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521357.64/cwt350.00–365.001,8634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220300.00/cwt300.00–300.006601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0271
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429338.70/cwt335.00–345.001,4534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477329.91/cwt325.00–335.001,5743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527317.02/cwt315.00–320.001,6715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573275.59/cwt265.00–290.001,5793
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588315.02/cwt310.00–320.001,8522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0173
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1231
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,1451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3552
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338387.78/cwt350.00–425.001,3112
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387404.02/cwt390.00–425.001,5645
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410398.29/cwt395.00–405.001,6333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436365.91/cwt345.00–380.001,5953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470360.12/cwt300.00–390.001,69314
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513382.68/cwt375.00–390.001,9632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520328.79/cwt305.00–350.001,7103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570322.41/cwt320.00–325.001,8382
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620282.50/cwt275.00–290.001,7522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623307.45/cwt305.00–310.001,9152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,665180.70/cwt177.00–185.003,0092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%944122.06/cwt120.00–125.001,1525
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102140.93/cwt135.00–150.001,5536
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,330150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9951
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2980202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,9851
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1182,111.33/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1113
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18702,621.12/head2,550.00–2,700.002,6212
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0202,652.21/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6522
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4153,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.