Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-07-19

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 19
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
168 vs last sale 467 121 vs year ago 178 · +68.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
28 vs last sale 54 15 vs year ago 11 · +136.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
21 vs last sale 39 15 vs year ago 3 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls 2 to 8 lower feeder steers\heifers 2 to 6 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.21/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$146.21
108 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$591
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.91
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1768150.251,15467
Medium and Large 1-2500139.8369935
Medium and Large 2407138.385636thin
One grade step is worth $11.87/cwt here — about $591 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 sale108 hd
146.21
MS average13 barns · 1,100 hd
138.30
+7.91
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
BullsAverage1,44789.191,2905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25265.538205thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16351.966048thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$8312thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,147$8515

Every lot, as filed

52 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 2365139.16/cwt135.00–143.005082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410171.00/cwt171.00–171.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568162.86/cwt156.00–167.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430148.33/cwt147.00–151.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 2315146.00/cwt146.00–146.004601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519157.58/cwt150.00–164.008185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285156.00/cwt156.00–156.004451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2091
SteersMedium and Large 2385124.00/cwt124.00–124.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2327158.31/cwt158.00–159.005183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
SteersMedium and Large 2573147.25/cwt142.00–152.008445
SteersMedium and Large 2520136.70/cwt131.00–140.007114
SteersMedium and Large 2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637143.22/cwt132.00–145.009127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368174.07/cwt169.00–177.006413
SteersMedium and Large 1503177.99/cwt170.00–180.008955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677134.28/cwt130.00–138.009093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280188.53/cwt188.00–189.005282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475179.00/cwt179.00–179.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2538138.51/cwt137.00–140.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420158.59/cwt150.00–165.006663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465152.22/cwt149.00–158.007085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628133.95/cwt131.00–136.008413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725126.00/cwt126.00–126.009141
CowsLean 85-90%1,09532.00/cwt32.00–32.003501
Bulls1,61896.98/cwt90.00–106.001,5693
CowsLean 85-90%1,17354.81/cwt40.00–65.006437
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25265.53/cwt60.00–70.008205
Bulls1,04070.00/cwt70.00–70.007281
Bulls1,34085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,153831.00/head810.00–850.008312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,180840.00/head840.00–840.008403
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,098868.27/head750.00–970.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 2570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006781
BullsMedium and Large 2618127.51/cwt125.00–130.007882
BullsMedium and Large 2490132.50/cwt130.00–135.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375174.23/cwt173.00–177.006534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278189.63/cwt187.00–194.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510138.27/cwt133.00–143.007054
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230169.00/cwt169.00–169.003891
BullsMedium and Large 2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 2413143.48/cwt140.00–147.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466143.45/cwt136.00–146.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582134.54/cwt132.00–143.007836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679125.64/cwt120.00–129.008535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2165150.00/cwt150.00–150.002481
HeifersMedium and Large 1768150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,15467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378148.52/cwt148.00–149.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745115.00/cwt115.00–115.008571

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.