Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-06-23

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
68 vs last sale 319 387 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
16 vs last sale 39 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
11 vs last sale 19 8 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 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$123.67
71 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.02
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1305146.004456thin
Medium and Large 1-2472128.8160835
Medium and Large 2511113.2057830
One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale71 hd
123.67
MS average13 barns · 1,126 hd
119.64
+4.02
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
BullsAverage1,64998.201,6205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18866.1578632
CowsLean 85-90%Average98252.5251612

Every lot, as filed

61 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 2775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 2650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 2220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465131.86/cwt128.00–135.0061310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434133.70/cwt128.00–136.005807
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566118.56/cwt114.00–123.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512125.68/cwt121.00–129.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2307138.98/cwt137.00–141.004273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733104.03/cwt102.00–106.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610117.02/cwt115.00–119.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230147.83/cwt144.00–152.003402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290148.00/cwt148.00–148.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 1305146.00/cwt146.00–146.004456
BullsMedium and Large 2525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
BullsMedium and Large 2370131.00/cwt131.00–131.004851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570115.81/cwt110.00–124.0066012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514120.50/cwt117.00–127.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479125.64/cwt120.00–130.006026
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431130.65/cwt126.00–137.005635
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680107.99/cwt105.00–112.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613113.66/cwt111.00–115.006973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290161.95/cwt159.00–165.004702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360151.00/cwt151.00–151.005441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330137.00/cwt137.00–137.004521
BullsMedium and Large 1280173.47/cwt173.00–174.004862
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0951,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,4981
CowsLean 85-90%1,00455.86/cwt45.00–64.0056110
CowsLean 85-90%87035.80/cwt25.00–45.003112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18866.15/cwt55.00–75.0078632
Bulls1,64999.00/cwt95.00–102.501,6334
Bulls1,65095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,158848.88/cwt810.00–900.009,8302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,243736.34/cwt700.00–770.009,1532
SteersMedium and Large 2620107.58/cwt105.00–110.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2533105.98/cwt105.00–107.005652
SteersMedium and Large 2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
SteersMedium and Large 2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531137.43/cwt133.00–139.0073013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2353162.00/cwt162.00–162.005728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633124.97/cwt120.00–130.007915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664120.97/cwt117.00–123.008034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587120.35/cwt116.00–126.007063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488126.00/cwt125.00–128.006153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775118.03/cwt117.00–119.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728115.00/cwt115.00–115.008372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310165.02/cwt164.00–166.005122
SteersMedium and Large 1-291083.00/cwt83.00–83.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 2583110.31/cwt107.00–112.006436
HeifersMedium and Large 2513112.64/cwt107.00–117.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 2628103.24/cwt101.00–105.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 2370114.74/cwt109.00–120.004254
HeifersMedium and Large 2408118.31/cwt117.00–120.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 2468124.56/cwt123.00–126.005832

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.