Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-02-15

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Feb 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
29 vs last sale 299 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
31 vs last sale 6 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
22 vs last sale 9 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.00/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$151.00
59 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.24
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427158.1067625
Medium and Large 1-2402147.2259230
Medium and Large 2450135.006084thin
One grade step is worth $23.10/cwt here — about $68 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 sale59 hd
151.00
MS average13 barns · 1,070 hd
144.76
+6.24
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
BullsAverage1,730105.191,8203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23373.2090311
CowsLean 85-90%Average96140.4038813

Every lot, as filed

48 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%1,06651.85/cwt25.00–60.005537
CowsLean 85-90%87540.00/cwt40.00–40.003501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23373.20/cwt67.50–80.0090311
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84820.18/cwt10.00–30.001714
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight76541.50/cwt41.50–41.503171
Bulls1,61590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4541
Bulls1,788112.79/cwt110.00–116.002,0172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2593149.98/cwt145.00–155.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2414145.11/cwt140.00–153.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 2435131.00/cwt131.00–131.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 2330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2220143.34/cwt135.00–150.003154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565153.87/cwt149.00–159.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 2560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2273197.49/cwt196.00–199.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363148.18/cwt145.00–154.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2277150.33/cwt149.00–152.004163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338149.50/cwt149.00–150.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474149.72/cwt143.00–154.007109
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
SteersMedium and Large 2465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
SteersMedium and Large 2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2355153.00/cwt153.00–153.005431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2238205.48/cwt205.00–206.004892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515156.96/cwt150.00–165.008083
SteersMedium and Large 1498179.00/cwt179.00–179.008918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2454173.83/cwt170.00–175.007897
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560160.00/cwt160.00–160.008961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445176.00/cwt176.00–176.007831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365184.00/cwt184.00–184.006721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320187.89/cwt181.00–195.006012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615157.00/cwt157.00–157.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471170.53/cwt165.00–175.008034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510154.00/cwt154.00–154.007851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415185.00/cwt185.00–185.007681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2275196.00/cwt196.00–196.005391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230199.00/cwt199.00–199.004581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360171.06/cwt167.00–175.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2425168.58/cwt165.00–172.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007161
HeifersMedium and Large 1485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1425158.02/cwt151.00–160.0067224
HeifersMedium and Large 2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2771,070.09/cwt820.00–1,290.0013,6653
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2760650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,9401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,078759.18/cwt600.00–940.008,1843
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2895840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,5181
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2820840.00/cwt840.00–840.006,8881

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.