Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	147.75	715	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	682	130.50	890	139
Medium and Large 2	512	124.00	634	3thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,552	73.30	1,137	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	53.93	623	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,220	47.50	580	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,089	44.59	486	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	158.35/cwt	156.00–160.00	724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	137.95/cwt	135.00–141.00	386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	128.38/cwt	124.00–136.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	159.84/cwt	154.00–166.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	959	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	146.50/cwt	145.00–148.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	131.75/cwt	131.75–132.00	835	65
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	627.80/cwt	590.00–650.00	6,705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	164.39/cwt	159.00–170.00	427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	152.29/cwt	144.00–160.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	148.42/cwt	136.00–161.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	147.58/cwt	135.00–164.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	118.93/cwt	115.00–122.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	108.00/cwt	105.00–113.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	587	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	274	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	580	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	673	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	55.72/cwt	52.00–63.00	606	5
Bulls	—	—	1,240	66.64/cwt	62.50–70.00	826	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	79.96/cwt	77.50–82.50	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	132.65/cwt	125.00–137.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	112.29/cwt	110.00–115.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	143.46/cwt	139.00–148.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.00	483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	89.94/cwt	85.00–95.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	158.38/cwt	146.00–160.00	703	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	123.15/cwt	115.00–126.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	108.17/cwt	100.00–117.00	620	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	49.79/cwt	47.50–52.00	566	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	5,673	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	740.63/cwt	550.00–880.00	8,465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	115.81/cwt	110.00–122.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	100.23/cwt	95.00–104.00	527	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	5,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	131.73/cwt	123.00–140.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	113.37/cwt	110.00–115.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	123.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	410	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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 363Last week 226Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 30Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 60Year ago 4

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	156.00–160.00	158.35
3	—	577	124.00–136.00	128.38
1	—	345	162.00	162.00
2	—	365	154.00–166.00	159.84
1	—	610	135.00	135.00
1	—	435	157.00	157.00
2	—	535	139.00–148.00	143.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	766	125.25	125.25
2	—	515	145.00–148.00	146.50
65	—	634	131.75–132.00	131.75
8	—	444	146.00–160.00	158.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	125.00	125.00
2	—	635	110.00–113.00	111.51
2	—	280	135.00–141.00	137.95
1	—	585	116.00	116.00
2	—	365	123.00–140.00	131.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	159.00–170.00	164.39
1	—	680	109.00	109.00
5	—	421	135.00–164.00	147.58
4	—	513	115.00–122.00	118.93
4	—	470	125.00–137.00	132.65
1	—	635	113.00	113.00
1	—	320	162.00	162.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	144.00–160.00	152.29
2	—	383	136.00–161.00	148.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
1	—	315	122.00	122.00
2	—	573	100.00–117.00	108.17
2	—	465	110.00–122.00	115.81
3	—	510	110.00–115.00	113.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	85.00	85.00
1	—	615	93.00	93.00
4	—	469	105.00–113.00	108.00
1	—	225	127.00	127.00
2	—	573	100.00–105.00	102.45
3	—	528	110.00–115.00	112.29
1	—	260	129.00	129.00
1	—	885	74.00	74.00
6	—	377	127.00–129.00	128.01
4	—	429	115.00–126.00	123.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	98.00	98.00
2	—	440	113.00	113.00
2	—	468	110.00–113.00	111.51
1	—	355	122.00	122.00
2	—	638	85.00–95.00	89.94
4	—	526	95.00–104.00	100.23
2	—	333	120.00–126.00	123.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,068	590.00–650.00	627.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	620.00	620.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	550.00–880.00	740.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	29.00	29.00
3	—	1,137	47.50–52.00	49.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	47.50	47.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	45.00	45.00
5	—	1,088	52.00–63.00	55.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	62.50–70.00	66.64
2	—	1,863	77.50–82.50	79.96

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

Reporter comment USDA

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