Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 29
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 158▲ 30 vs year ago 78 · +38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 15 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 13▼ 11 vs year ago 16 · −68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold 5.00 - 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 - 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.05/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −26.03 against this barn's trailing median of $361.08.
Average price
$335.05
8 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.08
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547350.001,9134thin
Medium and Large 2553320.101,7704thin
One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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
335.05
—
MS average12 barns · 120 hd
333.97
+1.08
This barn, trailing median13 sales
361.08
−26.03
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—Low1,428172.502,4622thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,124149.931,6866thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,9374thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282376.21/cwt350.00–395.001,0613
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285405.09/cwt400.00–410.001,1552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373321.40/cwt290.00–340.001,1996
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378348.96/cwt342.50–355.001,3192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424323.64/cwt250.00–345.001,3725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425357.59/cwt350.00–365.001,5202
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465325.11/cwt320.00–330.001,5122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,6363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475348.55/cwt345.00–360.001,6564
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528339.97/cwt335.00–350.001,7953
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8584
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605322.48/cwt320.00–325.001,9512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,0471
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,2621
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3391
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358429.88/cwt425.00–440.001,5393
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378386.92/cwt370.00–405.001,4632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412401.66/cwt400.00–405.001,6553
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467366.14/cwt330.00–387.501,71014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0301
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528357.42/cwt355.00–360.001,8872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543332.53/cwt325.00–340.001,8062
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563307.67/cwt295.00–320.001,7322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565342.57/cwt340.00–345.001,9362
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623305.18/cwt300.00–310.001,9012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625322.42/cwt320.00–325.002,0152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0791
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0061
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9941
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2801
Bulls——1,430185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,6461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180151.53/cwt144.00–156.001,7883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,233160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2573,049.87/head2,200.00–3,400.003,0503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3502,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.