Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.76/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$141.76

103 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$521

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.83

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	387	156.00	603	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	494	153.69	759	33
Medium and Large 1	539	151.75	818	8thin
Large 1	845	133.00	1,124	59

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about −$521 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale103 hd

141.76

—

MS average11 barns · 725 hd

153.59

−11.83

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,593	66.00	1,051	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,320	46.77	617	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	45.00	704	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	38.39	385	8thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	125.02/cwt	123.00–127.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	145.52/cwt	142.00–148.00	822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	151.45/cwt	145.00–155.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	118.64/cwt	116.00–120.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	171.73/cwt	170.00–175.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	2
Steers	Large 1	—	845	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,124	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	170.87/cwt	165.00–175.00	567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	148.33/cwt	143.00–152.00	706	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,220	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	834	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	880	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	166.61/cwt	163.00–170.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	805	2
Bulls	—	—	950	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	542	1
Bulls	—	—	2,235	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	168.36/cwt	164.00–173.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	143.94/cwt	143.00–145.00	321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.56/cwt	115.00–130.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	137.01/cwt	135.00–140.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	141.38/cwt	135.00–145.00	443	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	704	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	38.39/cwt	33.00–45.00	385	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	112.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	137.62/cwt	130.00–145.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	127.41/cwt	123.00–136.00	603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	126.51/cwt	123.00–135.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	158.52/cwt	150.00–168.00	444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	152.33/cwt	147.00–155.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	168.50/cwt	165.00–172.00	634	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	36.50/cwt	36.50–36.50	385	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	48.05/cwt	42.50–52.50	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	149.60/cwt	144.00–155.00	787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	144.70/cwt	140.00–149.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	168.28/cwt	162.00–175.00	367	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Jan 7, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 139Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 34Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 18Year ago 0

Compared to last report: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	763	123.00–127.00	125.02
4	—	565	142.00–148.00	145.52
4	—	519	145.00–155.00	151.45
3	—	372	170.00–175.00	171.73
1	—	725	125.00	125.00
6	—	332	165.00–175.00	170.87
5	—	476	143.00–152.00	148.33
1	—	615	135.00	135.00
5	—	418	164.00–173.00	168.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	160.00	160.00
6	—	560	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	845	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	133.00	133.00
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
1	—	260	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
2	—	468	110.00–116.00	112.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	116.00–120.00	118.64
2	—	223	143.00–145.00	143.94
2	—	580	115.00–130.00	122.56
5	—	392	135.00–140.00	137.01
3	—	313	135.00–145.00	141.38
5	—	415	130.00–145.00	137.62
5	—	473	123.00–136.00	127.41
6	—	520	123.00–135.00	126.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
2	—	330	140.00–149.00	144.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	163.00–170.00	166.61
2	—	565	140.00–145.00	142.52
2	—	280	150.00–168.00	158.52
2	—	433	150.00–151.00	150.51
3	—	470	147.00–155.00	152.33
4	—	376	165.00–172.00	168.50
5	—	526	144.00–155.00	149.60
1	—	660	133.00	133.00
2	—	218	162.00–175.00	168.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	750.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	57.00	57.00
1	—	2,235	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,002	33.00–45.00	38.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	36.50	36.50
8	—	1,353	42.50–52.50	48.05

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle