Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2021-11-09

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 9
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
43 vs last sale 371 27 vs year ago 441 · 6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
7 vs last sale 36 6 vs year ago 37 · +16.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
9 vs last sale 15 7 vs year ago 31 · 22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 3 to 5 higher feeder steers\heifers 3 to 10 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.92/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$130.92
71 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$647
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$53.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.90
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593146.0086627
Medium and Large 1-2453129.1258425
Medium and Large 2436114.2049817thin
Medium and Large 2-323892.062192thin
One grade step is worth $53.94/cwt here — about $647 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 sale71 hd
130.92
MS average13 barns · 1,148 hd
125.02
+5.90
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
BullsAverage1,51167.991,0275thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17957.2867512
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03231.9433021

Every lot, as filed

61 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1593146.00/cwt146.00–146.0086627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335136.54/cwt135.00–138.004572
SteersMedium and Large 2580135.00/cwt135.00–135.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 2560102.00/cwt96.00–108.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 2345103.00/cwt103.00–103.003551
HeifersMedium and Large 2210112.00/cwt100.00–124.002352
HeifersMedium and Large 2-323892.06/cwt90.00–94.002192
HeifersMedium and Large 2429125.20/cwt116.00–129.005374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373136.04/cwt130.00–141.005076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600111.00/cwt111.00–111.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472126.69/cwt123.00–130.005987
SteersMedium and Large 2527138.91/cwt135.00–144.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2475134.65/cwt120.00–149.006402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464154.05/cwt151.00–160.007155
SteersMedium and Large 1440162.00/cwt162.00–162.007135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575146.50/cwt146.00–147.008422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518149.12/cwt145.00–155.007726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431147.99/cwt141.00–154.006384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622132.70/cwt126.00–136.008253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350174.00/cwt174.00–174.006091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008641
SteersMedium and Large 2265155.00/cwt155.00–155.004111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579135.98/cwt129.00–139.007874
BullsMedium and Large 1-2326162.55/cwt151.00–169.005307
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515142.50/cwt140.00–145.007342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410158.90/cwt155.00–163.006512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460148.46/cwt145.00–154.006834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283159.12/cwt150.00–169.004505
CowsLean 85-90%91417.02/cwt13.00–25.001564
CowsLean 85-90%1,05037.05/cwt16.00–47.0038914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17957.28/cwt50.00–62.0067512
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight1,12535.00/cwt35.00–35.003941
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96014.00/cwt14.00–14.001341
Bulls1,19065.00/cwt65.00–65.007741
CowsLean 85-90%1,22535.00/cwt35.00–35.004291
Bulls1,57366.02/cwt65.00–67.001,0382
Bulls1,61071.45/cwt71.00–72.001,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140599.12/cwt580.00–620.006,8302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,178688.16/cwt580.00–820.008,1073
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,363952.66/cwt900.00–1,000.0012,9852
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2945700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,078745.38/cwt660.00–820.008,0352
BullsMedium and Large 2438149.00/cwt149.00–149.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2535129.00/cwt129.00–129.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2233106.17/cwt90.00–122.002472
BullsMedium and Large 2383144.45/cwt142.00–147.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
BullsMedium and Large 2320146.41/cwt145.00–148.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 2285138.00/cwt138.00–138.003931
BullsMedium and Large 2605104.00/cwt104.00–104.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
BullsMedium and Large 2260119.00/cwt119.00–119.003091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2362157.07/cwt152.00–162.005695
BullsMedium and Large 2483136.45/cwt133.00–140.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 2370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408135.71/cwt133.00–140.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 2455123.00/cwt123.00–123.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 2516107.16/cwt103.00–115.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516123.23/cwt122.00–125.006364

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.