Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 136▲ 231 vs year ago 120 · +192.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 10 vs year ago 8 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 6▲ 28 vs year ago 3 · +933.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.24/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$143.24
113 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$380
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.67
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557147.2182066
Medium and Large 1-2480138.8866740
Medium and Large 2337130.684407thin
One grade step is worth $16.53/cwt here — about $380 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 sale113 hd
143.24
—
MS average13 barns · 1,314 hd
141.57
+1.67
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
Bulls—Average1,77085.151,5073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35866.899088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55060.009301thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99346.274594thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsLean 85-90%—99346.27/cwt34.50–62.504594
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55060.00/cwt60.00–60.009301
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35866.89/cwt57.50–75.009088
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568148.81/cwt143.00–155.008452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—413173.81/cwt160.00–182.007183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—369183.37/cwt176.00–186.006774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—245183.00/cwt183.00–183.004481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—480165.51/cwt165.00–166.007942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626145.00/cwt145.00–145.0090814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275190.02/cwt183.00–200.005234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—366186.50/cwt184.00–191.006834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428185.66/cwt181.00–187.007959
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—475162.00/cwt162.00–162.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2—480173.00/cwt173.00–173.008301
SteersMedium and Large 2—400178.00/cwt178.00–178.007121
SteersMedium and Large 2—325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
SteersMedium and Large 2—390177.00/cwt177.00–177.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695119.50/cwt119.50–119.508318
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290137.00/cwt137.00–137.003971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465177.77/cwt174.00–186.0082713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—320145.54/cwt140.00–155.004665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527136.63/cwt130.00–143.007206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—333191.96/cwt191.00–193.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 2—233123.39/cwt105.00–143.002872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—785136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440132.00/cwt132.00–132.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—215137.00/cwt137.00–137.002951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—429147.60/cwt144.00–150.0063310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373149.70/cwt148.00–153.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—456143.98/cwt139.00–149.006575
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310139.00/cwt139.00–139.004311
BullsMedium and Large 2—275177.00/cwt177.00–177.004871
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078520
BullsMedium and Large 2—600136.00/cwt136.00–136.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—513163.68/cwt163.00–165.008403
BullsMedium and Large 2—425129.29/cwt115.00–145.005492
BullsMedium and Large 2—515146.00/cwt146.00–146.007521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125810.00/cwt810.00–810.009,1131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—945560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,2921
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,090.00/cwt1,090.00–1,090.009,8101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050958.10/cwt920.00–1,000.0010,0604
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,057992.23/cwt920.00–1,030.0010,4885
Bulls——2,05887.72/cwt82.50–92.501,8052
Bulls——1,19580.00/cwt80.00–80.009561

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.