Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-03-17

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 113▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 25▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.44/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.44
21 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.73
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2453125.1156711thin
Medium and Large 1525124.006511thin
Medium and Large 2477114.335469thin
One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about $21 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 sale21 hd
120.44
—
MS average11 barns · 275 hd
110.71
+9.73
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
Bulls—Average1,50890.711,3686thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06257.756135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89136.463255thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—54595.00/cwt95.00–95.005181
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220124.00/cwt124.00–124.002731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418116.64/cwt113.00–121.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—517107.24/cwt103.00–110.005543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—332120.63/cwt120.00–122.004003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380123.00/cwt123.00–123.004671
BullsMedium and Large 2—62095.00/cwt95.00–95.005892
BullsMedium and Large 2—490117.00/cwt115.00–119.005732
BullsMedium and Large 2—383130.00/cwt130.00–130.004982
BullsMedium and Large 2—590103.00/cwt103.00–103.006081
BullsMedium and Large 2—425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
BullsMedium and Large 2—295127.00/cwt127.00–127.003751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—470126.69/cwt125.00–130.005954
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—320137.47/cwt130.00–142.004403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573110.00/cwt110.00–110.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
BullsMedium and Large 1—525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006511
CowsLean 85-90%—97338.84/cwt25.00–45.003783
CowsLean 85-90%—76832.88/cwt30.00–35.002532
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06257.75/cwt50.00–66.006135
Bulls——1,62395.01/cwt92.50–97.501,5423
Bulls——1,39386.41/cwt80.00–92.501,2043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,415800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,3201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,200760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,1201
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,140780.00/cwt780.00–780.008,8921
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—795500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,9751
SteersMedium and Large 2—640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2—535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
SteersMedium and Large 2—490123.00/cwt123.00–123.006031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476135.50/cwt133.00–140.006454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—765105.00/cwt105.00–105.008032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—673106.54/cwt105.00–108.007172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—503133.00/cwt133.00–133.006692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—265137.36/cwt135.00–140.003642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—240132.00/cwt132.00–132.003171
SteersMedium and Large 1—555119.00/cwt119.00–119.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881

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.