Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
137 vs last sale 226 66 vs year ago 297 · +22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 30 5 vs year ago 22 · 22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
52 vs last sale 60 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trend not established due to auction not recently report because of holidays

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.82/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$131.82
155 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.21
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484147.7571513thin
Medium and Large 1-2682130.50890139
Medium and Large 2512124.006343thin
One grade step is worth $23.75/cwt here — about $81 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 sale155 hd
131.82
MS average11 barns · 797 hd
137.03
−5.21
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
BullsLow1,55273.301,1374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15653.936236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22047.505801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08944.594864thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1457158.35/cwt156.00–160.007243
BullsMedium and Large 2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
BullsMedium and Large 2635111.51/cwt110.00–113.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2280137.95/cwt135.00–141.003862
SteersMedium and Large 1577128.38/cwt124.00–136.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1345162.00/cwt162.00–162.005591
SteersMedium and Large 1365159.84/cwt154.00–166.005832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766125.25/cwt125.25–125.2595964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515146.50/cwt145.00–148.007542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634131.75/cwt131.75–132.0083565
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,068627.80/cwt590.00–650.006,7052
BullsMedium and Large 1260164.39/cwt159.00–170.004272
BullsMedium and Large 1680109.00/cwt109.00–109.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280152.29/cwt144.00–160.004262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383148.42/cwt136.00–161.005682
SteersMedium and Large 1610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008241
HeifersMedium and Large 175085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
SteersMedium and Large 1435157.00/cwt157.00–157.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1421147.58/cwt135.00–164.006215
HeifersMedium and Large 161593.00/cwt93.00–93.005721
BullsMedium and Large 1513118.93/cwt115.00–122.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 1469108.00/cwt105.00–113.005074
HeifersMedium and Large 1225127.00/cwt127.00–127.002861
HeifersMedium and Large 1573102.45/cwt100.00–105.005872
CowsLean 85-90%94529.00/cwt29.00–29.002741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22047.50/cwt47.50–47.505801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49545.00/cwt45.00–45.006731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08855.72/cwt52.00–63.006065
Bulls1,24066.64/cwt62.50–70.008262
Bulls1,86379.96/cwt77.50–82.501,4902
BullsMedium and Large 1470132.65/cwt125.00–137.006234
HeifersMedium and Large 1528112.29/cwt110.00–115.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 258898.00/cwt98.00–98.005762
SteersMedium and Large 2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
SteersMedium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 1260129.00/cwt129.00–129.003351
SteersMedium and Large 1535143.46/cwt139.00–148.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 188574.00/cwt74.00–74.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2440113.00/cwt113.00–113.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 2468111.51/cwt110.00–113.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 2355122.00/cwt122.00–122.004331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1377128.01/cwt127.00–129.004836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315122.00/cwt122.00–122.003841
BullsMedium and Large 1635113.00/cwt113.00–113.007181
SteersMedium and Large 2435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 263889.94/cwt85.00–95.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2444158.38/cwt146.00–160.007038
HeifersMedium and Large 1429123.15/cwt115.00–126.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573108.17/cwt100.00–117.006202
CowsLean 85-90%1,13749.79/cwt47.50–52.005663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2915620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,6731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143740.63/cwt550.00–880.008,4652
BullsMedium and Large 2585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465115.81/cwt110.00–122.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 2526100.23/cwt95.00–104.005274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295450.00/cwt450.00–450.005,8281
BullsMedium and Large 1320162.00/cwt162.00–162.005181
BullsMedium and Large 1585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2365131.73/cwt123.00–140.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510113.37/cwt110.00–115.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 2333123.11/cwt120.00–126.004102

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.