Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-09-30

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 30
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 263▼ 160 vs year ago 349 · −45.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 13 vs year ago 31 · −41.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 47▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mixed 15.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.12/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −5.98 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$340.12
18 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs MS average
−28.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598351.002,0995thin
Medium and Large 1533350.991,8715thin
Medium and Large 2540326.521,7638thin
One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about $336 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale18 hd
340.12
—
MS average14 barns · 447 hd
339.56
+0.56
National average182 barns · 13,299 hd
368.91
−28.80
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−5.98
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
421380340300median 346.1004/0707/1408/2509/2910/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $313.86, median $346.10 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—Average1,712179.723,0773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700152.002,5841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,320146.501,9341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,105139.071,5369thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,337$3,0693thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,094$2,5013thin

Every lot

67 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2205385.00/cwt385.00–385.007891
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4031
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,6722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465410.05/cwt405.00–415.001,9073
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472389.13/cwt385.00–392.501,8373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515389.24/cwt385.00–392.502,0053
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520368.33/cwt365.00–370.001,9153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0595
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570362.50/cwt360.00–365.002,0662
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570334.82/cwt325.00–345.001,9082
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1932
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235345.00/cwt345.00–345.008111
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1401
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323452.56/cwt450.00–455.001,4622
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324416.23/cwt395.00–430.001,3499
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380389.96/cwt385.00–395.001,4823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390357.50/cwt355.00–360.001,3942
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416357.96/cwt350.00–370.001,4895
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428379.96/cwt375.00–390.001,6263
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7072
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463375.03/cwt370.00–380.001,7362
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467355.07/cwt345.00–360.001,6585
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520353.33/cwt350.00–355.001,8373
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525326.19/cwt315.00–340.001,7126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553347.47/cwt340.00–355.001,9222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585327.50/cwt325.00–330.001,9162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0995
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0771
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2371
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665318.75/cwt312.50–325.002,1202
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668282.47/cwt280.00–285.001,8872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713318.86/cwt312.50–325.002,2732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0461
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333429.85/cwt425.00–435.001,4314
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377426.44/cwt420.00–435.001,6083
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2384397.30/cwt375.00–410.001,5264
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423425.00/cwt420.00–430.001,7983
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6971
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453412.51/cwt410.00–415.001,8692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484371.98/cwt345.00–390.001,8008
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521366.81/cwt355.00–380.001,9118
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525337.26/cwt325.00–350.001,7712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561353.36/cwt350.00–355.001,9826
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9431
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0361
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,712179.72/cwt175.00–185.003,0773
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%932121.54/cwt116.00–132.001,1333
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,191147.84/cwt142.00–156.001,7616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,9341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,5841
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 12,100185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,8851
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0882,375.98/head2,350.00–2,400.002,3762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1052,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3183,128.56/head3,000.00–3,250.003,1292
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3752,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501

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.