Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-03-02

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Mar 2
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
3 vs last sale 142 90 vs year ago 229 · 39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
12 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows 3 to7 lower feeder steers\heifers 3 to 5 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.66/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$127.66
47 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$30
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.07
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2477130.3962218thin
Medium and Large 1-2518125.9765229
One grade step is worth $4.42/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale47 hd
127.66
MS average13 barns · 835 hd
124.59
+3.07
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
BullsAverage1,32075.009901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39758.138123thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88030.502681thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39758.13/cwt52.50–65.008123
CowsLean 85-90%88030.50/cwt30.50–30.502681
Bulls1,32075.00/cwt75.00–75.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2245184.00/cwt184.00–184.004511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560133.00/cwt133.00–133.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268140.48/cwt140.00–141.003762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581125.48/cwt116.00–127.5072915
BullsMedium and Large 2380154.00/cwt154.00–154.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2365123.00/cwt123.00–123.004493
BullsMedium and Large 2550119.50/cwt117.00–122.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438129.47/cwt125.00–134.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425157.00/cwt157.00–157.006671
BullsMedium and Large 2600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
SteersMedium and Large 2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
SteersMedium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520122.00/cwt116.00–128.006343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283176.88/cwt168.00–185.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334169.05/cwt129.00–188.005654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110400.00/cwt400.00–400.004,4401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2970410.00/cwt410.00–410.003,9771
BullsMedium and Large 2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528156.72/cwt155.00–160.008273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560145.28/cwt138.00–159.008143
HeifersMedium and Large 2320137.00/cwt137.00–137.004381
BullsMedium and Large 2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2512131.50/cwt131.50–131.5067314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474124.23/cwt118.00–128.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388130.50/cwt130.00–131.005062

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.