Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-08-12

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
216 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 241▲ 73 vs year ago 143 · +51.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 32▲ 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 21▼ 12 vs year ago 16 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 2.00 - 15.00 lower. Heifers sold mixed 15.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 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 $345.03/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −34.27 against this barn's trailing median of $379.30.
Average price
$345.03
32 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.55
vs MS average
−42.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559350.811,96016thin
Medium and Large 1546347.151,8957thin
Medium and Large 2542333.101,8059thin
One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about $154 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 sale32 hd
345.03
—
MS average14 barns · 450 hd
361.58
−16.55
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
−42.46
This barn, trailing median17 sales
379.30
−34.27
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—High1,678198.503,3302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,394156.482,1814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,132146.561,6589thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,1501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,3002thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)935$2,1251thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7851
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7365
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473390.13/cwt385.00–395.001,8452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474372.51/cwt365.00–380.001,7664
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503367.54/cwt360.00–375.001,8492
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528341.93/cwt325.00–355.001,8056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9495
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563348.90/cwt325.00–357.501,96411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563339.00/cwt335.00–345.001,9095
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570315.43/cwt297.50–325.001,7983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609337.89/cwt325.00–342.002,05811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615330.12/cwt325.00–335.002,0302
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674320.80/cwt317.50–324.002,1628
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0551
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4691
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,4251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1160570.00/cwt570.00–570.009121
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260265.00/cwt265.00–265.006891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2511
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368345.14/cwt325.00–365.001,2702
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425377.15/cwt370.00–385.001,6032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438341.49/cwt325.00–360.001,4964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459351.98/cwt345.00–355.001,6165
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477349.82/cwt342.50–357.501,6698
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515333.74/cwt330.00–337.501,7194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522351.68/cwt345.00–355.001,8363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8183
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567341.01/cwt335.00–350.001,9343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570306.65/cwt285.00–317.201,7484
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0061
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417421.52/cwt415.00–425.001,7583
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421381.54/cwt355.00–410.001,6066
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462341.23/cwt275.00–365.001,5765
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470379.89/cwt375.00–390.001,7853
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515332.83/cwt300.00–355.001,7143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520367.43/cwt365.00–370.001,9112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0161
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1231
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2861
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,670195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,2571
Bulls——1,685202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,4041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998126.89/cwt120.00–139.001,2663
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165149.64/cwt146.00–154.001,7434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,265169.92/cwt165.00–175.002,1492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370147.34/cwt140.00–155.002,0192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418165.62/cwt164.00–167.002,3482
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-29352,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.