Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER C OWS\BULLS 3 TO 5 HIGHER FEEDER STEERS\HEIFERS 4 TO 10 HIGHER

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.55/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$176.55

69 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$49.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.02

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	313	206.15	645	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	493	170.99	842	51
Medium and Large 2	371	156.27	580	5thin

One grade step is worth $49.89/cwt here — about $65 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 sale69 hd

176.55

—

MS average13 barns · 1,168 hd

168.52

+8.02

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	—	Average	1,538	81.67	1,256	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	69.38	845	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	51.15	520	14

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	189.00/cwt	171.00–207.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	180.99/cwt	180.00–182.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	165.79/cwt	160.00–170.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	183.10/cwt	180.00–186.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	178.25/cwt	175.00–181.00	829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	200.55/cwt	190.00–210.00	541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	173.05/cwt	172.00–173.50	936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	119.00/cwt	115.00–123.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	144.67/cwt	139.00–150.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	145.45/cwt	142.00–153.00	561	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	172.59/cwt	164.00–175.00	723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	938	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	141.56/cwt	135.00–148.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.65/cwt	110.00–127.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	155.43/cwt	152.00–156.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	143.36/cwt	135.00–152.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.33/cwt	130.00–141.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,940	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,005.44/cwt	1,000.00–1,010.00	12,518	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	5,920	2
Bulls	—	—	1,235	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,860	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	69.38/cwt	57.50–77.50	845	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	224	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	211	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	55.09/cwt	45.00–67.50	581	12
Bulls	—	—	1,520	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,292	1

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 Feb 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 351Year ago 243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 18Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 31Year ago 13

COMPARED TO LAST WEEK SLAUGTHER C OWS\BULLS 3 TO 5 HIGHER FEEDER STEERS\HEIFERS 4 TO 10 HIGHER

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	171.00–207.00	189.00
2	—	375	180.00–182.00	180.99
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
1	—	640	136.00	136.00
1	—	235	185.00	185.00
5	—	414	160.00–170.00	165.79
1	—	665	141.00	141.00
2	—	458	135.00–152.00	143.36
1	—	265	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	121.00	121.00
1	—	370	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	180.00–186.00	183.10
9	—	465	175.00–181.00	178.25
1	—	395	162.00	162.00
5	—	270	190.00–210.00	200.55
13	—	541	172.00–173.50	173.05
1	—	850	125.00	125.00
5	—	706	141.00	141.00
7	—	419	164.00–175.00	172.59
7	—	588	159.50	159.50
1	—	300	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	171.00	171.00
1	—	280	171.00	171.00
1	—	525	150.00	150.00
2	—	413	139.00–150.00	144.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	286	211.00	211.00
9	—	325	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	115.00–123.00	119.00
12	—	386	142.00–153.00	145.45
2	—	520	135.00–148.00	141.56
7	—	338	152.00–156.00	155.43
4	—	565	142.00	142.00
2	—	475	130.00–141.00	135.33
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	135.00	135.00
1	—	335	116.00	116.00
2	—	565	110.00–127.00	118.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	540.00	540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,245	1,000.00–1,010.00	1,005.44
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	800	740.00	740.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,860	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,520	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,218	57.50–77.50	69.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	30.00	30.00
1	—	845	25.00	25.00
12	—	1,054	45.00–67.50	55.09

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