Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2020-07-07

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
9 vs last sale 387 378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
19 vs last sale 55 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
64 vs last sale 8 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00--8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.28/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$126.28
85 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.17
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570130.3274350
Medium and Large 1709123.4087415thin
Medium and Large 2629118.3574520
One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale85 hd
126.28
MS average11 barns · 1,047 hd
136.45
−10.17
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
BullsAverage1,25082.501,0313thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22759.9773614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00250.8150916

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2415128.00/cwt128.00–128.005311
SteersMedium and Large 2335141.00/cwt141.00–141.004721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525137.06/cwt130.00–138.0072018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612124.77/cwt123.00–133.0076411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662121.43/cwt120.50–129.008049
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733116.34/cwt115.00–117.008533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2412135.58/cwt132.00–142.005593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480131.46/cwt128.00–135.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770117.00/cwt117.00–117.009011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575128.00/cwt128.00–128.007361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355159.00/cwt159.00–159.005641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260161.00/cwt161.00–161.004191
SteersMedium and Large 1771118.50/cwt118.50–118.509148
SteersMedium and Large 1694122.00/cwt122.00–122.008475
SteersMedium and Large 1525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007461
SteersMedium and Large 1465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0291,167.28/cwt900.00–1,240.0012,0117
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,240.00/cwt1,240.00–1,240.0011,1602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0121,081.94/cwt950.00–1,150.0010,9499
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0341,295.86/cwt1,290.00–1,300.0013,3995
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-27401,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.007,8441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29751,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0011,0181
CowsLean 85-90%1,04953.78/cwt40.00–60.0056413
CowsLean 85-90%82844.37/cwt40.00–48.003672
CowsLean 85-90%73525.00/cwt25.00–25.001841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22759.97/cwt52.50–68.0073614
Bulls1,57590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4181
Bulls1,10075.00/cwt75.00–75.008251
Bulls1,07582.50/cwt82.50–82.508871
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
SteersMedium and Large 2682115.00/cwt115.00–115.0078414
SteersMedium and Large 2620117.46/cwt116.00–119.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418125.00/cwt125.00–125.005232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285139.96/cwt138.00–142.003992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2218132.59/cwt130.00–135.002892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-275597.00/cwt97.00–97.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2375126.50/cwt123.00–130.004742
BullsMedium and Large 2565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2485112.00/cwt112.00–112.005431
BullsMedium and Large 2320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472126.84/cwt120.00–133.0059912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519125.37/cwt121.00–131.0065110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432137.21/cwt135.00–141.005935
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572118.55/cwt115.00–125.006783
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718109.50/cwt109.00–110.007862
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613118.02/cwt117.00–119.007232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375138.89/cwt135.00–143.005212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278183.01/cwt182.00–184.005092
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325177.00/cwt177.00–177.005751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200171.00/cwt171.00–171.003421
SteersMedium and Large 2540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2986916.36/cwt500.00–1,200.009,0356
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2650660.00/cwt660.00–660.004,2901
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835990.00/cwt990.00–990.008,2671
Stock CowsMedium 1-2665610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,0571
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2815700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,7051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618116.96/cwt115.00–119.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382128.98/cwt126.00–131.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570122.25/cwt120.00–125.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471125.19/cwt123.00–128.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511123.97/cwt120.00–127.006336
HeifersMedium and Large 2385126.00/cwt126.00–126.004851

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.