Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-18

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
116 vs last sale 151 161 vs year ago 428 · 37.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
21 vs last sale 14 0 vs year ago 35 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 4 22 vs year ago 28 · 78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $7 - $15 higher. Heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.53/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 120.11 against this barn's trailing median of $364.64.
Average price
$244.53
16 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.75
vs MS average
22.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585247.501,44811thin
Medium and Large 1552238.001,3145thin
One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $134 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales
421382344306median 364.6401/0602/1007/0707/2808/25
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $319.63, median $364.64 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
244.53
MS average12 barns · 247 hd
253.28
−8.75
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−22.69
This barn, trailing median10 sales
364.64
−120.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,399145.412,0344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,394124.381,7345thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057121.521,2845thin

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)910$1,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)895$1,0751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$2,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325347.52/cwt340.00–355.001,1294
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5121
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5411
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300295.00/cwt295.00–295.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280330.00/cwt330.00–330.009241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3752,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5672
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417270.00/cwt265.00–275.001,1263
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617229.99/cwt217.50–237.501,4193
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471276.69/cwt272.50–285.001,3036
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700685237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6271
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408337.55/cwt330.00–345.001,3772
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650602239.18/cwt235.00–242.501,4403
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383276.21/cwt275.00–277.501,0582
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280335.00/cwt335.00–335.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455267.48/cwt262.50–275.001,2177
Bulls1,113136.25/cwt134.00–139.001,5162
Bulls1,685154.56/cwt153.00–156.002,6042
CowsLean 85-90%985115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1331
CowsLean 85-90%1,075123.15/cwt120.00–126.001,3244
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258128.08/cwt125.00–131.001,6112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,635134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1911
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550524271.00/cwt265.00–277.501,4207
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18951,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527302.87/cwt285.00–305.001,59615
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410115.88/cwt115.00–117.001,6342
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3331
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700690217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4443
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475296.28/cwt295.00–297.501,4072
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250233337.10/cwt325.00–350.007852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450442325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4373
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469237.53/cwt232.50–242.501,1144
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525275.81/cwt272.50–280.001,4483
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568229.18/cwt225.00–235.001,3023
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528251.22/cwt245.00–257.501,3262
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,35013
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200160430.00/cwt430.00–430.006881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700658277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,44811
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400373343.43/cwt335.00–355.001,2816

How this sale compares

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.