Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cows\bulls 3 to 7 higher feeder steers\ heifers 3 to 6 lower

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.82/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$130.82

49 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$3.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.29

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	131.44	727	39
Medium and Large 2	497	128.40	638	10thin

One grade step is worth $3.05/cwt here — about $89 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 sale49 hd

130.82

—

MS average13 barns · 1,322 hd

139.11

−8.29

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	1,579	80.51	1,271	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	56.04	681	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	46.36	446	15

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	124.34/cwt	119.00–127.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	130.47/cwt	128.00–135.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	115.54/cwt	112.00–119.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	121.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	117.96/cwt	115.00–120.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	123.34/cwt	120.00–128.00	762	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,443	999.55/cwt	890.00–1,100.00	14,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	141.24/cwt	135.00–149.00	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	349	1
Bulls	—	—	1,093	70.49/cwt	65.00–75.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	131.21/cwt	130.00–133.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	398	1
Bulls	—	—	2,219	90.39/cwt	85.00–95.00	2,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	153.40/cwt	146.00–169.00	492	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	165.00/cwt	162.00–168.00	446	2
Bulls	—	—	1,262	76.61/cwt	70.00–85.00	967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	141.33/cwt	135.00–145.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	132.42/cwt	128.00–144.00	683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	126.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	126.56/cwt	121.00–130.00	775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	142.86/cwt	139.00–147.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	156.28/cwt	150.00–160.00	495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	110.44/cwt	103.00–118.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	148.21/cwt	145.00–155.00	559	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	56.04/cwt	52.00–60.00	681	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	837.40/cwt	670.00–980.00	9,136	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	46.36/cwt	38.50–52.50	446	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,820	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	114.91/cwt	110.00–120.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	108.89/cwt	100.00–118.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	142.58/cwt	139.00–145.00	452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	98.06/cwt	90.00–106.00	657	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 Aug 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 407Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 22Year ago 0

compared to last week slaughter cows\bulls 3 to 7 higher feeder steers\ heifers 3 to 6 lower

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	117.00	117.00
1	—	510	104.00	104.00
2	—	470	112.00–119.00	115.54
1	—	295	118.00	118.00
2	—	623	100.00–118.00	108.89
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
2	—	670	90.00–106.00	98.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	119.00–127.00	124.34
1	—	255	145.00	145.00
4	—	385	128.00–135.00	130.47
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
4	—	466	120.00–125.00	121.26
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
4	—	516	115.00–120.00	117.96
1	—	900	103.00	103.00
2	—	663	110.00–120.00	114.91
3	—	317	139.00–145.00	142.58
1	—	225	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	125.00–130.00	127.40
3	—	572	120.00–125.00	123.28
3	—	618	120.00–128.00	123.34
5	—	412	135.00–149.00	141.24
1	—	195	179.00	179.00
5	—	461	130.00–133.00	131.21
1	—	240	166.00	166.00
7	—	321	146.00–169.00	153.40
2	—	270	162.00–168.00	165.00
7	—	377	145.00–155.00	148.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	145.00	145.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
2	—	468	125.00	125.00
2	—	605	103.00–118.00	110.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
1	—	585	122.00	122.00
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
1	—	740	119.00	119.00
2	—	473	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	240	141.00	141.00
2	—	508	128.00	128.00
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	135.00–145.00	141.33
6	—	516	128.00–144.00	132.42
7	—	578	120.00–130.00	126.61
1	—	670	122.00	122.00
16	—	612	121.00–130.00	126.56
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
2	—	425	139.00–147.00	142.86
3	—	317	150.00–160.00	156.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,443	890.00–1,100.00	999.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,091	670.00–980.00	837.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	65.00–75.00	70.49
4	—	2,219	85.00–95.00	90.39
5	—	1,262	70.00–85.00	76.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,216	52.00–60.00	56.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	961	38.50–52.50	46.36

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

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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