Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-25

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
72 vs last sale 267 13 vs year ago 208 · 6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 35 22 vs year ago 42 · 52.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 6 11 vs year ago 19 · 57.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to $5 lower. Heifers sold $6 - $12 higher. Slaughter cattle sold $3 - $7 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.27/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 128.37 against this barn's trailing median of $364.64.
Average price
$236.27
13 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.14
vs MS average
33.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533242.001,2903thin
Medium and Large 1548240.091,3156thin
Medium and Large 2539226.251,2194thin
One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $70 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.

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 sale13 hd
236.27
MS average12 barns · 230 hd
250.42
−14.14
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−33.01
This barn, trailing median10 sales
364.64
−128.37
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
BullsAverage1,458148.532,1662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,387135.261,8767thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average987127.711,2608thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,329$2,0004thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls1,458148.53/cwt147.00–150.002,1662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,352134.30/cwt128.00–139.001,8166
CowsBoner 80-85%1,595141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,2491
CowsLean 85-90%1,038131.98/cwt122.50–139.001,3706
CowsLean 85-90%833114.91/cwt114.00–116.009572
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3951
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500482282.40/cwt275.00–287.501,3613
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600593234.98/cwt230.00–240.001,3932
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473296.31/cwt292.50–302.501,4024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2903
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500483246.26/cwt245.00–247.501,1892
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418246.73/cwt240.00–250.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580272.80/cwt270.00–275.501,5822
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568266.49/cwt262.50–272.501,5145
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5452,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2571,883.82/head1,600.00–2,250.001,8843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0281,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468263.52/cwt257.50–270.001,2332
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450438297.33/cwt287.50–307.501,3022
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522282.57/cwt277.50–287.501,4755
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608248.51/cwt248.00–249.001,5112
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300277353.61/cwt345.00–360.009793
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5741
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525242.65/cwt235.00–253.001,2744
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320333.95/cwt330.00–340.001,0693
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368305.71/cwt295.00–317.501,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471282.57/cwt270.00–300.001,3314
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450403266.30/cwt257.50–275.001,0732
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363347.76/cwt340.00–355.001,2622
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528279.88/cwt275.00–285.001,4782
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300262383.25/cwt375.00–390.001,0043
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330361.52/cwt355.00–365.001,1933
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415318.33/cwt315.00–325.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285325.00/cwt325.00–325.009261
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345330.00/cwt325.00–335.001,1392
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380319.80/cwt315.00–325.001,2152
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422298.16/cwt295.00–305.001,2583
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550539226.25/cwt225.00–230.001,2194
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673246.34/cwt245.00–248.001,6583

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.