Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 189▼ 10 vs year ago 207 · −4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▼ 5 vs year ago 32 · −15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 11 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.69/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −8.41 against this barn's trailing median of $346.10.
Average price
$337.69
17 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.13
vs MS average
−46.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535371.671,9903thin
Medium and Large 2546330.401,80414thin
One grade step is worth $41.26/cwt here — about $186 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 sale17 hd
337.69
—
MS average14 barns · 372 hd
346.81
−9.13
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−46.70
This barn, trailing median12 sales
346.10
−8.41
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—Low1,745175.603,0645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,537147.022,2603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,041137.501,43110

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)900$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,9432thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,042$3,1613thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,230$2,5501thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,1171
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415412.41/cwt410.00–415.001,7122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0191
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508368.34/cwt360.00–375.001,8713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580321.31/cwt317.50–325.001,8642
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623345.27/cwt337.50–352.502,1512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624310.12/cwt300.00–325.001,9355
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2684287.61/cwt250.00–325.001,9674
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1724
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3401
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270355.00/cwt355.00–355.009591
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293387.52/cwt385.00–390.001,1352
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320372.54/cwt370.00–375.001,1922
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325390.03/cwt385.00–395.001,2683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372379.97/cwt375.00–385.001,4135
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375313.18/cwt295.00–325.001,1743
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412321.42/cwt300.00–350.001,3243
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437385.33/cwt380.00–392.001,6845
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464387.45/cwt385.00–390.001,7984
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476349.30/cwt325.00–375.001,6636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528321.34/cwt300.00–345.001,6978
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570342.49/cwt325.00–355.001,9526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283466.28/cwt440.00–495.001,3202
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,5811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6781
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2331454.27/cwt305.00–525.001,5046
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376400.52/cwt350.00–435.001,5065
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413422.45/cwt415.00–430.001,7452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425389.00/cwt360.00–410.001,6534
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476391.44/cwt385.00–400.001,8635
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486371.85/cwt355.00–380.001,8078
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516367.43/cwt360.00–370.001,8966
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525348.14/cwt325.00–355.001,8286
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558354.97/cwt350.00–360.001,9813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568333.36/cwt325.00–340.001,8933
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608328.32/cwt325.00–335.001,9963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,695191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,2371
Bulls——1,723177.33/cwt170.00–182.003,0553
Bulls——1,860155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,8831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%845172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025127.07/cwt120.00–137.001,3025
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110141.92/cwt137.00–147.501,5754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,537147.02/cwt145.00–149.002,2603
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0423,160.64/head2,500.00–3,600.003,1613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18552,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1251,942.67/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9432
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.