Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-06-01

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 1
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
388 head
8 vs last sale 396 7 vs year ago 395 · 1.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
1 vs last sale 36 1 vs year ago 36 · 2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 23 3 vs year ago 20 · 15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS\HEIFERS 2 TO 6 LOWER SLAUGTHER COWS\BULLS STEADY

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.43/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$122.43
186 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$451
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.69
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2473131.8862310thin
Medium and Large 1-2596131.8378621
Medium and Large 1891120.551,074155
One grade step is worth $11.33/cwt here — about −$451 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 sale186 hd
122.43
MS average13 barns · 1,525 hd
135.12
−12.69
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
BullsAverage1,51476.971,1655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25265.0481419
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11349.045466thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2340142.00/cwt142.00–142.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 1735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007721
SteersMedium and Large 1645124.00/cwt124.00–124.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
SteersMedium and Large 2245154.00/cwt154.00–154.003771
HeifersMedium and Large 2482117.37/cwt115.00–120.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 2668100.01/cwt99.00–101.006683
SteersMedium and Large 1839118.00/cwt118.00–118.0099039
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,8801
HeifersMedium and Large 1250143.00/cwt143.00–143.003581
BullsMedium and Large 2220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372125.04/cwt120.00–130.004653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2406150.19/cwt147.00–151.006105
SteersMedium and Large 1925120.64/cwt118.25–123.101,116111
SteersMedium and Large 1715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1540142.00/cwt142.00–142.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-276694.81/cwt84.00–115.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512130.65/cwt126.00–133.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325134.41/cwt130.00–141.004374
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470131.12/cwt125.00–135.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 1475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006221
SteersMedium and Large 1310156.00/cwt156.00–156.004841
CowsLean 85-90%1,12848.99/cwt45.00–52.005532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38870.00/cwt70.00–70.009722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22765.41/cwt62.00–68.0080314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27760.00/cwt60.00–60.007663
Bulls1,64888.86/cwt85.00–92.501,4642
Bulls1,42569.04/cwt65.00–75.009843
HeifersMedium and Large 2220144.00/cwt144.00–144.003171
HeifersMedium and Large 271095.00/cwt95.00–95.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
BullsMedium and Large 1610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007261
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2725600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,3502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2835584.99/cwt500.00–650.004,8853
SteersMedium and Large 2355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
SteersMedium and Large 2635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438130.97/cwt126.00–134.005743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,240870.00/cwt870.00–870.0010,7881
CowsLean 85-90%1,05026.00/cwt26.00–26.002731
CowsLean 85-90%1,12356.75/cwt55.00–60.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 2280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003781
BullsMedium and Large 271089.89/cwt82.00–98.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2552116.01/cwt115.00–118.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 2645102.00/cwt97.00–107.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
BullsMedium and Large 1245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674126.54/cwt126.50–127.0085313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577124.13/cwt120.00–133.007163
BullsMedium and Large 1250155.00/cwt155.00–155.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
SteersMedium and Large 2530125.50/cwt121.00–130.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 2415118.39/cwt116.00–121.004913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519123.52/cwt118.00–130.006415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683112.96/cwt110.00–116.007723
BullsMedium and Large 1325152.00/cwt152.00–152.004941
BullsMedium and Large 2645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007221
SteersMedium and Large 2485133.93/cwt130.00–140.006503

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.